Re: Retroactive reviews of emergency care by UnitedHealthcare
Mr. Thompson:
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians and is
dedicated to the development of sound federal health care policy that fosters patient access to
the highest quality specialty care.
We are writing to express our concerns related to a recently announced policy by
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) that will retroactively deny coverage for emergency care. Since its
initial announcement, UHC has decided to delay implementation of the new policy until the end
of the pandemic. However, while retroactive denial of care is especially objectionable during a
public health emergency, such a policy is always harmful for patients, regardless of our national
public health status. Thus, we ask you to permanently withdraw this proposal.
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