CEO SUMMARY: In launching BeaconLBS in Texas, UnitedHealthcare included a new, more onerous twist than it used for BeaconLBS in Florida. To be a BeaconLBS in-network ‘lab of choice,’ a lab must be in the lowest quartile for lab test prices. Any lab above the 25th percentile would have to renegotiate its contract with UHC […]
UHC, LabCorp Play Hard Ball With Texas Lab Contracts
For BeaconLBS program, UnitedHealthcare requires all Texas labs to be in lowest 25th percentile for costs
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXIII, No. 17 - December 19, 2016 Issue
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