UF Well being and insurer UnitedHealthcare introduced April 23 that they reached a multiyear settlement efficient Could 5.
The settlement brings UF Well being caregivers into the UnitedHealthcare supplier community. The settlement impacts policyholders in Jacksonville, St. Johns County, Gainesville and Central Florida.
In observe, the settlement will cut back administrative prices, improve care administration and enhance effectivity.
“The contract supplies UF Well being physicians and caregivers acceptable phrases and aid from administrative obstacles,” mentioned Marvin Dewar, CEO and chief medical officer of UF Well being Physicians, mentioned in a information launch.
“We need to defend sufferers’ entry to the knowledgeable care they know and belief, now and sooner or later.”
These enrolled within the UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored industrial plans and UnitedHealthcare Neighborhood Plan of Florida (Medicaid) may have entry to UF Well being amenities and physicians beginning Could 5.
The settlement additionally restores community entry to UF Well being Flagler Hospital, amenities and physicians for individuals enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicare Benefit plans, together with Twin Particular Wants Plans.
All UF Well being hospitals and medical personnel in Florida will proceed to be a part of UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Benefit community.