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>HealthPartners, a major health care provider (...), has announced its decision to leave UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage network (...), HealthPartners says the decision stems from the insurer’ high rates of coverage denials and payment delays, which adversely affect patient care. (...) The health system highlights that >UnitedHealthcare's denial rate is up to ten times higher than other insurers in the market. [0]

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> in 2023 UHC claim denial rate was flat out highest in the industry, 1.2x more than the second highest rate, and twice as high as industry average. [1]

[0] https://www.wha.org/vv-08-01-2024/4 [1] https://www.valuepenguin.com/health-insurance-claim-denials-...




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