Johns Hopkins Medicine ended contract negotiations with UnitedHealthcare on Monday, according to a statement from the Baltimore health care provider.

The two companies did not reach an agreement after eight months of negotiations, Kim Hoppe, vice president of public relations for Johns Hopkins Medicine, said in a statement emailed to The Baltimore Sun late Monday.

In August, Johns Hopkins doctors, hospitals and facilities stopped taking in-network insurance from UnitedHealthcare, which affected close to 60,000 patients on the insurer’s plans in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

“ UnitedHealthcare refused to agree to reasonable contract language, instead insisting that we agree to terms that would make it difficult for us to provide patient care,” Hoppe said. “UnitedHealthcare

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