Cape Cod Hospital Announces Agreement with United Insurance Company
After a year of negotiation, Cape Cod Healthcare and United Healthcare came to a tentative one-year agreement.
This morning Cape Cod Healthcare announced it reached a tentative one-year contract agreement with United Healthcare, allowing more than 3,500 United members to continue to receive care at CCHC, CCHC said in a release. CCHC said, "while negotiations were challenging, this tentative agreement ensures CCHC’s top objective – that United Healthcare members are able to access CCHC for their health care needs." According to the Cape Cod Times, negotiations have been going on for more than a year. Also, "early last month, United Healthcare policy holders received a letter saying they could face higher charges at Cape Cod and Falmouth hospitals if a deal could not be reached." Both parties have committed to working on a more comprehensive …
