United Healthcare’s Medicare Advantage provider cuts appear to have cost it some Connecticut customers, according to an analysis of federal data by a physicians group that is suing the insurer over the cuts.
United Health Group lost more than 8,200 customers from that business segment between September and February, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
That puts its Medicare Advantage market share at 36 percent in Connecticut, down from nearly 43 percent in September, according to the analysis by Fairfield County Medical Association.
United is now essentially tied with EmblemHealth in market share, when it was the clear leader several months ago.
A United spokeswoman declined to comment on the insurer’s Connecticut market share.
Aetna ranks third with 19 percent of the Medicare Advantage market.
Despite the United Healthcare doctor cuts, the number of Medicare Advantage patients in the state actually ticked up 2.5 percent since September, to 146,284.
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