No deal for UnitedHealthcare and UVM Health Network
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The two parties agreed to extend their current arrangement through February 2024, giving affected patients two additional months to either change insurers or change providers.
After more than a year of negotiations, Vermont’s largest health care provider and a national health insurer have failed to reach a deal, leaving more than 2,500 people in the region to find an alternative.
UVM Health Network officials said Monday in a statement that efforts to renegotiate a contract for payment with the nationwide for-profit insurer UnitedHealthcare have ended, meaning its six hospitals and their affiliates will no longer be “in network” providers. The two parties, who have long been at loggerheads, agreed to extend their current arrangement through February 2024 — otherwise, it would end in December — giving affected patients two additional months to either change insurers or change providers.