Ten days. That is what remains before the May 31 deadline that determines whether hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lose in-network access to the city’s largest hospital system.
As of Thursday May 21, both NewYork-Presbyterian and UnitedHealthcare’s patient-facing websites show the same language they have shown for weeks: coverage extended through May 31, negotiations ongoing, no agreement announced. Neither organization has issued a press release, a public statement, or any signal that a deal is close. The clock is running.
This is the fourth time since December 2025 that these two organizations have approached a major deadline. Three times before, they extended rather than allowing a network disruption. Whether that pattern holds on May 31 is the question that hundreds of thousands of New York patients — and their doctors — are now waiting to answer.
What the Websites Say — and What They Do Not Say
Both organizations maintain patient-facing pages specifically for this dispute. NewYork-Presbyterian’s page is at nyp.org/unitedhealthcare. UnitedHealthcare’s is at uhc.com/nyp. Both pages were checked this morning…