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Perspective: Confronting Commercial Insurers’ Practices that Threaten Patient Care

Hospitals and health systems put the health and welfare of their patients first. For some of the nation’s largest commercial health insurers, unfortunately, that is not always the case.

UnitedHealth Group to accelerate payments to providers

UnitedHealth Group will accelerate nearly $2 billion in claims payments to U.S. health care providers under its fully insured commercial, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid businesses to address short-term financial pressure caused by the COVID-19 emergency, UnitedHealthcare and Optum announced.

Major media cover AHA opposition that led to UHC emergency coverage policy delay

The AHA’s opposition to UnitedHealthcare’s now-delayed policy on emergency coverage was picked up by the media and was mentioned in numerous publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, Modern Healthcare, Minneapolis Star Tribune, as well as a local TV interview with AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on Minneapolis’ KARE 11 News, where UnitedHealthcare is headquartered.
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AHA Expresses Concern about Forthcoming Unitedhealthcare Change In Coverage Policy for Laboratory Test Services

This letter expresses AHA’s concern about a forthcoming UnitedHealthcare change in coverage policy for laboratory test services.
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AHA Expresses Concern with UnitedHealthcare Policy to Allow for Retroactive Denial of Coverage

The AHA expresses concern to UnitedHealthcare regarding its recent policy announcement to allow for the retroactive denial of coverage for emergency-level care in facilities.
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UnitedHealthcare to Delay New Policy that Would Deny Coverage for Some ED Visits

After concerns raised by the AHA and other health groups, UnitedHealthcare today announced that it would delay until the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency its recently-announced policy that would have retroactively denied coverage for emergency department claims the insurer deemed non-emergent.
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AHA Expresses Concerns Regarding a Series of UnitedHealthcare Health Plan Coverage Policies

Letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, expressing deep concerns regarding a series of UnitedHealthcare health plan coverage policies.

AHA urges UnitedHealthcare to backtrack on new lab test policy

The AHA today urged UnitedHealthcare to forgo a new coverage policy for laboratory tests that the association believes is burdensome and negatively impacts patients’ access to care.

Letter to UnitedHealthcare on Retroactive Denial of Coverage for Emergency-Level Care

America’s hospitals and health systems are deeply concerned by UnitedHealthcare’s (UHC) recent policy announcement to allow for the retroactive denial of coverage for emergency-level care in facilities. This policy would put patients’ health and wellbeing in jeopardy, and we urge you to reverse the policy immediately.
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AHA Statement on UnitedHealthcare Announcement of Delay in Emergency Coverage Policy

AHA statement on UnitedHealthcare announcement of delay in emergency coverage Policy from President and CEO Rick Pollack.