University of Chicago Medicine and insurer UnitedHealthcare have reached a contract agreement that will keep the academic medical system and its doctors in the insurer's network. <\/p>\n
The agreement will spare about 8,000 patients from having to either switch doctors or pay significantly more for care. <\/p>\n
The new contract agreement comes shortly after patients received letters saying that University of Chicago Medicine and University of Chicago Physicians Group could be out of UnitedHealthcare's network starting June 30. <\/p>\n
The letter raised fear among patients that they would have to scramble to find new physicians or face higher costs for medical care. <\/p>\n
\"This renewed contract means UChicago Medicine's relationship with patients who carry UnitedHealthcare insurance remains unchanged and they will not face any additional out-of-pocket health costs,\" University of Chicago Medicine said in a statement Monday. <\/p>\n
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