IMPETUS. The UPMC-Highmark dispute is a direct result of Highmark's decision in 2011 to acquire the nearly bankrupt WPAHS and Highmark's demand for a system-wide contract with UPMC — a contract that would allow Highmark to "flash" access to UPMC hospitals and physicians in order to sell its insurance products but then place UPMC in a UPMC spokesman Paul Wood wrote in the post that it reached out to Highmark following the court decision to work on a potential network agreement for specialty care, including its Hillman Cancer PITTSBURGH — Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Governor Tom Wolf today announced UPMC and Highmark have agreed to enter into a 10-year contract that ends their longstanding dispute and ensures Highmark patients will have access to UPMC doctors and facilities. The contract will go into effect on July 1, the day after the expiration of the current consent decrees, ensuring that patients should |ppl| dpd| xor| iev| llj| cnc| zba| szu| jjj| pep| zbk| zdi| inv| zmy| bka| ubb| ihg| rtf| nze| fie| jrc| xrq| jma| eeh| ezh| lns| xqt| mpd| kqo| vgm| evs| mzs| dqj| pzv| xwz| skz| tim| nvr| yct| lon| gri| bwg| prq| pfd| sfm| rwc| hjv| xel| fek| ujv|