University of Miami Health System hospitals and doctors will leave one UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage network on January 1, 2027. UnitedHealthcare says the system “will be out of network for our Preferred Care Network” on that date. Members of that plan can switch coverage until December 7.
A split that left Medicare Advantage behind
The dispute between the system, known as UHealth, and the insurer ran through the summer. At the end of July the two sides announced a multi-year agreement for UnitedHealthcare’s employer plans, Medicaid plan and individual family plans, InsuranceNewsNet reported. Care at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute continued for those members.
Medicare Advantage was a separate contract. The Preferred Care Network covers members in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and UHealth said it was trying to extend access for more than 26,000 of them through year-end. That extension is what UnitedHealthcare’s UHealth page now describes…