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Special Bulletin
Public

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.
Letter/Comment
Public

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.
News

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/Comment

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.
Press Releases
Public

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.
News

UnitedHealthcare delays implementing laboratory test reporting policy

UnitedHealthcare has delayed from April 1, 2021, until Jan. 1, 2022, its requirement that certain in-network laboratories report their unique laboratory-specific codes along with other information for the overwhelming majority of freestanding and outpatient laboratory testing services.
News

At AHA’s urging, UnitedHealthcare delays indefinitely test registry policy

As urged by the AHA, UnitedHealthcare delayed indefinitely a policy that would have required in-network, freestanding and outpatient laboratory claims to contain a laboratory-specific, unique code for the overwhelming majority of laboratory testing services, in addition to the standard Current Procedural Terminology codes.
News

Perspective: UnitedHealthcare’s Dangerous ED Coverage Policy is Temporarily Halted

Just days ago, UnitedHealthcare announced a new policy that threatened to deny some patient claims for emergency services starting July 1 if the insurer determined that the patient didn’t need emergency-level care.
News

DOL sues UnitedHealthcare over mental health coverage

UnitedHealth Group and/or its affiliates will pay over $13 million to resolve federal, state and private litigation alleging violations of federal and state mental health parity laws, according to court filings in New York.
News

AHA: UnitedHealthcare policy puts patients in jeopardy

AHA urged UnitedHealthcare to reverse its decision to retroactively deny coverage effective July 1 for emergency department claims the insurer deems non-emergent.