Tag: ED Claims

Prime Healthcare hospitals cut ties with UnitedHealthcare, citing low reimbursement

Prime Healthcare hospitals cut ties with UnitedHealthcare, citing low reimbursement

Prime’s New Jersey hospitals will continue to honor the rates and services in the agreements until the end of the cooling off period. The decision impacts Saint Clare’s Health in Denville, Dover and Boonton, Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, and Saint Mary’s General Hospital in Passaic. Dr. Sonia Mehta, regional CEO and chief medical […]
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4 Reasons Why UnitedHealthcare’s Attempt To ‘Monday Morning Quarterback ED Claims Is ‘Bad Policy’

4 Reasons Why UnitedHealthcare’s Attempt To ‘Monday Morning Quarterback ED Claims Is ‘Bad Policy’

“It really undermines what the physicians are doing at the point of care, and it’s bad policy,” says Doug Wolfe, co-founder and partner of the Miami-based law firm Wolfe Pincavage. UnitedHealthcare’s attempt to “Monday morning quarterback” emergency room visits by retroactively denying emergency claims is not only likely a violation of the prudent layperson standard, […]
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