Unimed do Brasil to Take Over Care for Unimed Ferj Beneficiaries on Dec. 1

Overview

• The decision was set in an ANS meeting with Unimed do Brasil, Unimed Ferj, and prosecutors, covering roughly 370,000 beneficiaries.
• Unimed do Brasil has 20 days to make the transition operational, with the ANS noting it could run the portfolio directly or delegate to another Unimed entity.
• Authorities have not disclosed how cards, provider networks, or monthly fees will change for customers.
• Hospital claims exceed R$2 billion and the debt load was excluded from the transfer, according to ANS and the Rio hospitals association.
• The move follows a deepening crisis at Unimed Ferj that included interruptions to cancer treatments and ANS oversight through a special technical regime after Procon-RJ inspections.