UF Health reaches agreement with United Healthcare
Press release from UF Health
BY GREG HARRISON
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health officials have announced the signing of a new multiyear agreement with United Healthcare, effective May 5, 2025. UF Health hospitals and physicians will once again be in the United provider network for thousands of patients in Gainesville, Jacksonville, St. Johns and Central Florida.
“This new agreement provides thousands of United patients continuous access to premier compassionate, academic-quality health care throughout Northeast, North Central, and Central Florida,” said Stephen J. Motew, M.D., M.H.A., FACS, president and system CEO of the UF Health clinical enterprise. “We appreciate the patience of our communities and are thankful for all the hard work our healthcare team has devoted to our tradition of excellence in caring for our patients.”
The new arrangement is designed to reduce administrative overhead, improve efficiency, and enhance care management.
“The contract provides UF Health physicians and caregivers acceptable terms and relief from administrative obstacles,” said Marvin Dewar, M.D., J.D., chief executive officer and chief medical officer of UF Health Physicians. “We want to protect patients’ access to the expert care they know and trust, now and in the future.”
People enrolled in the following plans will have network access to all UF Health’s hospitals, facilities and physicians, beginning May 5:
- UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored commercial plans
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Florida (Medicaid)
This agreement also restores network access to UF Health Flagler Hospital, facilities, and physicians for people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans, including Dual Special Needs Plans.
All other UF Health hospitals and physicians throughout the state continue to participate in UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage network.
Meanwhile, during their negotiations, people have had to find other doctors that will take their new insurance. Insurance companies run the world.
I’m so glad this has finally settled. One less worry for a senior citizen.
I don’t want to go to Shands unless I need something odd like a hyperbaric chamber. Nor do I like NFRMC, the best hospital in this town was Alachua General which between them Shands and NFR were determine to close. They finally managed to close AGH to the detriment of all of us.
Please see https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2009/01/25/steven-a-reid-agh-its-past-present-and-future/31594562007/ for a summary of what led to the destruction of AGH.