United Healthcare UCR Settlement Documents are On the Way
A record breaking settlement has been reached in organized medicine’s action against United Healthcare (UHC) and their use of artificially low payments via their UCR fee schedules in the payment of out of network services to physicians.
More than $350 million is available to compensate physicians and their patients for 15 years of artificially low payments for these out-of-network services.
The deadline for filing a claim to share in the settlement fund is October 5, 2010. The settlement claims administrator began mailing the settlement notice and claim forms to physicians on April 16, 2010.
Physicians should be on the lookout for a plain white mailer with “United Healthcare” written on the bottom and with the return address referencing the Settlement Claims Administrator: United Healthcare Class Action Litigation c/o Berdon Claims Administration LLC, P.O. Box 15000, Jericho, NY 11853-1001.
In order to assist you in this effort, the American Medical Association (AMA) is providing a new on-line resource that will help affected physicians with step-by-step guide to help in determining eligibility, assembling documentation and filing a claim under the terms of the settlement.
Go to the link here and read more about what needs to be done in regard to this record-breaking settlement reached in the AMA’s legal victory against UnitedHealth Group—the nation's largest health insurer and parent company of UHC.
AMA physician members can also get personal assistance with filing a claim by going to the AMA Practice Management Center at the link here or by calling (800) 621-8335.
For guidance on this issue, contact us through the Third Party Insurance Help Program.
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James A. McNally, CPC
Health Care Consultant Services