Overview

• Negotiators have until Aug. 25 to reach a contract or Johns Hopkins physicians will be out-of-network for UnitedHealthcare members.
• The two sides have agreed on reimbursement rates but remain split on prior authorization requirements and treatment-denial language.
• Approximately 60,000 patients in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., have been notified of potential insurance changes.
• Continuity-of-care safeguards allow patients with serious or complex conditions, such as cancer or pregnancy, to remain in network temporarily.
• Johns Hopkins’s Florida hospital campus is exempt from the dispute and will stay in UnitedHealthcare’s network regardless of the talks’ outcome.