Healthcare DIVE January 10, 2024
Baptist Health serves patients in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
Dive Brief:
- Louisville, Kentucky-based health system Baptist Health and its hospitals, outpatient facilities and medical group are out of network with UnitedHealthcare and Centene’s WellCare Medicare Advantage plans.
- Baptist Health, which serves patients in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, went out of network with UnitedHealthcare and Cenetne’s WellCare MA plans as of Jan. 1 after failing to come to new contract agreements.
- In a statement, the health system cited concerns about plan denials and coverage delays. “The concerns that we face with Medicare Advantage plans are similar to the concerns expressed by many providers across the country and echoed by hospital associations that represent them: coverage criteria applied by the plans...
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