The article first focuses on reduced payments from UnitedHealth Group. Contract amendments sent to some New York City physicians are bringing UnitedHealth’s rates closer to the state’s Medicaid program, according to the report. WellPoint is also mentioned. One physician declined a contract from the payer’s Anthem unit, calling the rates “not what a reasonable person would consider acceptable.”
Read the full article on Becker’s Hospital Review.
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