Bloomberg Law
March 9, 2020, 9:36 AM UTC

UnitedHealthcare, Insurers Put Heat on Doctors to Cut Costs

Sara Hansard
Sara Hansard
Reporter

Health insurers, led by UnitedHealthcare, are pressuring high-priced medical specialists to slash the rates they charge or be dropped from their networks of providers. Their targets include large staffing companies that provide sensitive services such as neonatalogy and high-risk obstetrics.

UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer, recently announced it will terminate contracts with anesthesiology and neonatal practices in four states owned by Mednax Inc., a public company based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that provides nationwide staffing to hospitals. UnitedHealthcare, owned by UnitedHealth Group Inc., said it wants to renegotiate the contracts because Mednax physicians are being paid more than double ...

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