IU Health and UnitedHealthcare have been in negotiations to settle on a new agreement for 2014 before the contract expiration date on December 31, 2013. A new agreement has not yet been finalized and discussions will continue in January. Therefore, on January 1, 2014, IU Health and IU Health Physician doctors and facilities will become out of network for most patients covered under UnitedHealthcare health insurance.
IU Health has made the decision to treat UnitedHealthcare patients and their portion of the bill as ‘in-network’ as of January 1, 2014, to help avoid disruption of care and help reduce the patient’s overall costs.
