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UAB and UnitedHealthcare reach tentative agreement
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Good news for those covered by UnitedHealthcare in the Magic City. After a month of uncertainty, the healthcare giant has reached a tentative deal with UAB Medicine to allow customers to continue accessing care from UAB and UAB-affiliated medical providers without any disruption to services.
UAB Health System and UnitedHealthcare reach tentative agreement on new health insurance contract
Earlier this year, UAB announced that the health plan contract between UAB Health System and UnitedHealthcare of Alabama, Inc. was set to expire. The contract applied to both commercial and Medicare Advantage plans and affected all UAB-owned and affiliated entities, including:
- UAB Hospital
- The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital
- All UAB Medicine primary, specialty and urgent care clinics
- UA Health Services Foundation
- UAB Callahan Eye and all physician clinic locations
- UAB Medical West and all physician locations
- Cooper Green Mercy Health Services
- All UAB St. Vincent’s facilities, including Birmingham, East, Blount, Chilton and St. Clair
- All UAB St. Vincent’s surgery center, urgent care and physician locations
- Baptist Health hospitals as well as its surgery centers and physician locations in Montgomery and Autauga counties
After a month of negotiations, UAB Health System announced that it had reached a tentative agreement with UnitedHealthcare in an update sent out on Thursday, July 31.
“The UAB Health System and UnitedHealthcare have reached an agreement in principle on a new health insurance contract. This agreement ensures that UnitedHealthcare members can continue to access care from all UAB and UAB-affiliated medical providers without any disruption to services. Both parties have agreed to a one-week period to finalize the terms of the agreement. Once completed, the new contract will be effective for a multi-year term, providing stability and continued access to high-quality care for patients across the state.”
UAB Health System
UnitedHealthcare echoed the sentiment in its own release.
“We’ve reached agreement in principle on a contract that will provide continued, uninterrupted network access to UAB. Our organizations have extended our current contract through Aug. 8 as we work to finalize the terms of a long-term agreement.”
UnitedHealthcare
The two organizations have extended their current contract for one extra week while finalizing the terms of their new agreement.
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