After months of tough negotiations UnitedHealthcare and Hartford HealthCare have reached a multi-year agreement on a new provider contract.
Terms of the deal are not being disclosed, but Stephen Farrell, UnitedHealthcare’s New England CEO said the new contract includes “performance-based measures,” that will give the insurers customers access to medical facilities and physicians at Hartford Hospital and the Hospital of Central Connecticut.
It also means about 5,000 patients covered by UnitedHealthcare will be able to continue to access health care services at both hospitals at in-network rates.
James Blazar, the senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Hartford HealthCare, said the new deal will allow the hsopial “to make critical investments that help to improve the quality of healthcare for everyone we serve.”
The Hartford Business Journal first reported on the contract dispute between UnitedHealthcare and Hartford Hospital in July. Read more about it here.
