STAT August 2, 2024
Contract disputes between hospitals and health plans have become routine, but they tend to be local, affecting a handful of hospitals and the people in the surrounding communities.
This latest one is different. It involves the country’s biggest private health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, and its biggest hospital chain, HCA Healthcare. If they can’t strike a deal on prices by Sept. 1, 38 hospitals and their affiliated physician groups and surgery...