Stalemate between NGHS, UnitedHealthcare may soon affect Habersham Medical [The Times, Gainesville, Ga.]
Jun. 5—With no contract resolution in sight,
UHC "knows that on
"This is not true," UHC spokesman
Accordingly, our agreement with Habersham is not impacted by the NGHS termination and they will remain in-network."
NGHS officials announced in January that financially struggling
Some of
"We provided a fair and reasonable proposal on
According to NGHS, "The last communication we had about the contract with United was on
McNeilly did say on
A contract between the two sides expired
NGHS has noted on its website that United had "removed all NGHS locations from its network for patients with commercial health insurance plans.
The negotiations primarily affect those on employer-sponsored or individual health plans, or, according to UHC, more than 12,000 policyholders.
NGHS has "refused to move off its demands for a more than 20% price hike over the next three years, including a double-digit rate increase in the first year that would make its hospitals the most expensive in
The hospital system said on
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