Contract disputes between hospitals and well being plans have develop into routine, however they are typically native, affecting a handful of hospitals and the people in the surrounding communities.
This newest one is totally different. It entails the nation’s greatest non-public well being insurer, UnitedHealthcare, and its greatest hospital chain, HCA Healthcare. If they will’t strike a deal on costs by Sept. 1, 38 hospitals and their affiliated doctor teams and surgical procedure facilities throughout 4 states — Texas, Colorado, South Carolina, and New Hampshire — would develop into out-of-network for UnitedHealthcare members.
“This very a lot looks like a battle of the giants, as a result of United: large, HCA: large,” stated Morgan Henderson, director of analytics and analysis at The Hilltop Institute, a analysis group on the College of Maryland, Baltimore County. “That is going to be very fascinating to see how this performs out.”
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