Description: Beginning Tuesday, November 2nd, TeamHealth takes on UnitedHealthcare in district court. At stake is the very ability of heroic frontline healthcare providers to get necessary reimbursements from large profitable insurers to cover the cost of the lifesaving care they provide.
Large, multi-billion dollar health insurers, led by UnitedHealthcare (United), have been using their market power to lower reimbursements that hospitals and emergency care providers depend on. Insurers continue to aggressively pressure doctors into accepting lower rates, kicking doctors out-of-network (subjecting patients to potential additional out of pocket expenses) if they do not accept.
TeamHealth has steadfastly refused to balance bill patients. Instead, we have taken insurers to court. In late 2021, TeamHealth successfully held United accountable for underpaying frontline doctors in Nevada, with a Clark County jury awarding punitive damages of $60 million.
TeamHealth and our affiliates are fighting to ensure that clinicians are adequately reimbursed for the high-quality care they provide.