{"id":10515,"date":"2024-08-15T15:04:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T19:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/?p=10515"},"modified":"2024-08-15T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T19:22:31","slug":"empire-plan-members-information-on-st-peters-health-partners-unitedhealthcare-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/articles\/news\/empire-plan-members-information-on-st-peters-health-partners-unitedhealthcare-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Plan members: Information on St. Peter\u2019s Health Partners, UnitedHealthcare negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to concerns raised about St. Peter\u2019s Health Partners contract termination\/negotiations with UnitedHealthcare (UHC), PEF sought more information and has been notified by the state that the contract renewal negotiations between UHC, the Empire Plan\u2019s Medical\/Surgical Program administrator, and St. Peter\u2019s Health Partners in the Capital District, are underway and <strong>will not impact NYSHIP Empire Plan members.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The current contract between UHC and St. Peter\u2019s expired July 1, 2024. While the contract expiration means that St. Peter\u2019s Health Systems will no longer be part of the UHC network of providers, there is a state mandated two-month cooling off period during which negotiations are expected to continue. This gives patients covered by UHC until Sept. 1, 2024, before having to contend with St. Peters\u2019 termination.<\/p>\n<p>PEF expects that Empire Plan members will not have to suffer the effects of the possible termination of St. Peter\u2019s on September 1. UHC has asked St. Peter\u2019s to exempt Empire Plan enrollees from the effects of any termination and continue to provide services to Empire Plan members on an in-network basis regardless of the status of contract negotiations and St. Peter\u2019s has agreed.<\/p>\n<p>A notice has been posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sphp.com\/_campaigns\/uhc\/home\">St. Peter\u2019s Health Systems website<\/a> that includes a statement about the exemption of Empire Plan members from having to obtain services there on an out-of-network basis.<\/p>\n<p>The state has also posted a notice on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.ny.gov\/employee-benefits\/login\/\"> NYSHIP Online<\/a>. If you have questions or for more information, call 1-877-7-NYSHIP (1-877-769-7447) and press or say 1 for the Medical\/Surgical Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to concerns raised about St. Peter\u2019s Health Partners contract termination\/negotiations with UnitedHealthcare (UHC), PEF sought more information and has been notified by the state that the contract renewal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[482,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-benefits","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Empire Plan members: Information on St. Peter\u2019s Health Partners, UnitedHealthcare negotiations - 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