{"id":3110,"date":"2021-11-08T11:41:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthplan.distilinfo.com\/?p=3110"},"modified":"2022-02-15T12:23:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T12:23:43","slug":"its-raining-deals-for-unitedhealthcare-and-piedmont-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/its-raining-deals-for-unitedhealthcare-and-piedmont-health\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Raining Deals for UnitedHealthcare and Piedmont Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UnitedHealthcare and Atlanta-based Piedmont Health announced a slew of agreements that bring the provider in-network for a variety of health plans. The agreement brings Piedmont Health&#8217;s 16 hospitals, more than 800 locations, and physician network into UnitedHealthcare&#8217;s network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"highlights wp-block-list\"><li><strong><em>Effective from<\/em><\/strong> The move is effective Jan. 1, 2022, for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans, which includes the group national PPO plan and dual special needs plan. Negotiations also included a multi-year agreement for members in employer-sponsored plans and those enrolled in UnitedHealthcare&#8217;s marketplace plans.<\/li><li><strong><em>New partnership:<\/em><\/strong> \u201cOur new relationship with Piedmont offers the people we serve throughout Georgia greater access to quality, cost-effective care,\u201d said Gregg Kunemund, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Medicare &amp; Retirement in Georgia. \u201cWe are grateful for the collaborative relationships we share with care providers like Piedmont who are committed to improving the quality and cost of care.\u201d<\/li><li><strong><em>Agreement:<\/em><\/strong> The multi-year agreement grants access to the 16 hospitals. Offering more than 800 locations and Piedmont clinic&#8217;s statewide network of physicians. This comes after United Healthcare and Wellstar failed to reach an agreement earlier in the year, putting 80,000 people in the dark without access.<\/li><li><strong><em>Collaboration:<\/em><\/strong> &nbsp;\u201cWe appreciate UnitedHealthcare\u2019s ongoing collaboration and are excited that Piedmont and UnitedHealthcare have been able to expand that relationship so that we can provide greater access to our system to more Georgians,\u201d said Piedmont Healthcare President and CEO Kevin Brown. \u201cWhen providers and health plans have a common goal, it is easy for us to find common ground on these extremely important agreements.\u201d<\/li><li><strong><em>Continued access: <\/em><\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to continue our longstanding relationship with Piedmont that ensures the people we serve have continued access to quality care at an affordable cost,\u201d said Junior Harewood, CEO of UnitedHealthcare commercial in Georgia. \u201cWe are grateful for the collaborative relationships we share with care providers like Piedmont who are committed to improving the quality and cost of care for the people and employers we serve.\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UnitedHealthcare and Atlanta-based Piedmont Health announced a slew of agreements that bring the provider in-network for a variety of health&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/its-raining-deals-for-unitedhealthcare-and-piedmont-health\/\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">Continue Reading <i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-distilinfo-originals","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3111,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110\/revisions\/3111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}