NEW ORLEANS — Four hours before the deadline LCMC and UnitedHealthcare came into an agreement for

The verbal agreement keeps in-network status. Your access to LCMC facilities and providers will continue uninterrupted under the extended contract, health officials say.

"We have extended our hospital contract with LCMC through Nov. 7 for people enrolled in employer-sponsored commercial plans, including UMR and Individual Family Plan (IFP). This provides our members continued, uninterrupted network access to LCMC’s hospitals while our organizations continue our efforts to finalize a long-term relationship," a statement to WWL said.

Two weeks ago, That's because United Healthcare Insurance and LCMC hospitals said they were far apart in settling a contract dispute over how much the hospitals

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