Patients are getting ominous warnings in their mail and inboxes: They are about to lose insurance coverage of their doctors. The threatening letters and emails have sent patients reeling. Unsure what to make of it all, they are flooding doctors with calls asking questions, snapping up appointments with the physicians and taking to social media to complain. The patients are caught in the middle of unusually fierce and public contract disputes this year. Sparring in New York City are health insurers such as giants UnitedHealthcare and Aetna, which pay for medical care, and big-name hospital systems like NewYork-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai Health System seeking more money for the treatment provided by their doctors.
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Source: https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/patients-threatened-with-loss-of-their-doctors-in-growing-disputes-between-hospitals-insurers-cb2be3ac