NORTHSTAR NEWS
NorthStar Surgical Center Joins UnitedHealthcare Provider Network
12/28/11
NorthStar Surgical Center officials today announced a new network relationship that will provide UnitedHealthcare employer, individual and Medicare plan participants access to NorthStar Surgical Center services.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, NorthStar will become a health care provider option within UnitedHealthcare’s care provider network, creating broader access for about 30,000 UnitedHealthcare plan participants in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico.
"In this era of rising health care costs, our goal is to provide easier access to health care options," said NorthStar Administrator John Brock. "This contract with UnitedHealthcare will open the door to thousands more individuals across our region to access NorthStar for services without incurring additional out-of-pocket costs. We are excited to offer the NorthStar experience to more people than ever before."
NorthStar Surgical Center was exclusively designed in 2001 to perform same-day surgical procedures with the commitment of saving patients both time and money in what would otherwise require more lengthy and expensive hospital stays.
"Our new relationship with NorthStar helps ensure that our health plan customers in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico have broad access to quality, cost-effective health care," said Scott Flannery, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual of North Texas. "NorthStar is an important provider of health care services, and we know our plan participants appreciate having local access for this outstanding organization."
For more information about NorthStar, visit their website at http://www.northstarsurgicalcenter.com
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, serves more than 2.3 million Texans with a health care provider network statewide of 45,752 physicians and 498 hospitals.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care 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 and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 650,000 physicians and care professionals and 5,000 hospitals nationwide. UnitedHealthcare serves more than 38 million people and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company