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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.