Roughly 74,000 patients insured through UnitedHealthcare may no longer be able to see providers in-network at Oregon Health & Science University’s hospital and clinics starting next month, as the health system and insurer remain deadlocked in negotiations.
OHSU’s contract with UnitedHealthcare expires on March 31. If the two can’t strike a deal by then, OHSU and its affiliates Hillsboro Medical Center and Adventist Health Portland, will get dropped from UnitedHealthcare’s in-network provider list.
The health system and the insurer each said they’ve notified patients enrolled in UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans, as well as those who have benefits through a group plan sponsored by a former employer, that they might lose in-network access to OHSU’s hospitals, facilities and health care providers starting April 1…