The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will not be able to charge higher out-of-network rates to thousands of patients enrolled in Highmark’s Medicare Advantage coverage plan, a divided state Supreme Court has ruled.
The decision is expected to result in lower rates being charged to about 181,000 patients deemed to be “vulnerable populations,” including children, the elderly and the poor, who use UPMC facilities through 2019.
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