Mount Sinai, UnitedHealthcare Strike New Deal After Monthslong Standoff, Restoring Hospital and Doctor Access

• Mount Sinai and UnitedHealthcare reach new multiyear contract, restoring Mount Sinai hospitals and doctors to UnitedHealthcare’s network • Ends months-long stalemate that left patients scrambling to reschedule appointments or find new doctors • New laws requiring hospitals to publish rate information empowered Mount Sinai to negotiate for substantially higher rates • Mount Sinai officials call agreement an “enormous victory” that achieves goals of fair payment and fewer claim denials
• Situation raises questions about whether broad insurance networks in New York giving patient choice of hospitals and doctors might be changing