UnitedHealthcare is currently in talks with two Midwestern health systems over contracts that are set to expire at the end of the year.

SSM Health is a Catholic, nonprofit health system based in St. Louis, Missouri, that serves communities in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin with 40,000 team members and 15,000 providers. The current negotiation concerns facilities throughout Missouri and Illinois.

This comes as the health insurer is also in ongoing negotiations with the Cincinnati-based health system TriHealth, which is the second-largest employer in the city and serves patients in 130 locations.

Why It Matters

These negotiations mainly focus on reimbursement rates between the health insurer and the health systems. The contracts they negotiate will impact patients and employe

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