Health
Insurance Dispute Threatens to Cut New Yorkers Off From Their Doctors
- Largest US insurer in standoff with marquee New York hospital
- Hospital says price transparency disclosures triggered dispute
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Thousands of New Yorkers face disruptions to their medical care after one of the country’s biggest hospitals left insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s private health insurance network on Friday amid an escalating dispute.
The move pits the nation’s biggest health insurer against a powerhouse medical system in New York City that operates the country’s ninth-largest hospital. Because Mount Sinai Health System wants to be paid more for its services and UnitedHealth won’t agree, the hospital operator has terminated its contract with the insurer.