Monday, April 13, 2015
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Roper St. Francis Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare renew network relationship
Charleston, SC (April 13, 2015) — Roper St. Francis Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare have renewed their relationship, giving people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare individual, employer-sponsored and Medicare plans in-network access to all Roper St. Francis Healthcare physicians and facilities in the Charleston area. UnitedHealthcare and Roper St. Francis Healthcare agreed to make the new contract retroactive to March 1, 2015, ensuring UnitedHealthcare plan participants do not experience any interruption in their in-network benefits coverage for services received at Roper St. Francis Healthcare facilities and with their physicians.
“We are pleased to have renewed our relationship with UnitedHealthcare to give their plan participants in-network access to the quality physicians and services provided by Roper St. Francis Healthcare,” said David Dunlap, president and chief executive officer of Roper St. Francis Healthcare. “With this commitment in place, our focus will remain on what matters most, which is delivering high-quality care to our patients.”
“Roper St. Francis Healthcare is a leading provider of health care services in the Charleston community, and this renewed network relationship lays the foundation for future collaboration on health issues that matter to our plan participants,” said Garland Scott, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of the Carolinas. “We are pleased that individuals and families in the Lowcountry will continue to have local access to critical health services.”
Roper St. Francis Healthcare serves more than 275,000 patients annually throughout seven counties. UnitedHealthcare serves almost 500,000 people in South Carolina enrolled in individual, employer-sponsored and Medicare health plans.
About Roper St. Francis
Roper St. Francis Healthcare is Charleston’s only private, not-for-profit healthcare system with a specific focus on community outreach. The healthcare system has three hospitals strategically located across the region: Roper Hospital on the Charleston peninsula, Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in West Ashley and Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital in Mount Pleasant. The system intends to build a fourth flagship hospital in the Carnes Crossroads section of Berkeley County.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare is one of the Lowcountry's largest private employers with nearly 5,400 employees. The healthcare system has a robust, active medical staff of more than 800 doctors representing every medical specialty and provides services in more than 125 locations in seven counties. Learn more at www.rsfh.com or follow @RoperStFrancis on Twitter.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the healthcare experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 850,000 physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. Globally, UnitedHealthcare serves 45 million people in health benefits and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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