{"id":290690,"date":"2026-05-31T06:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/290690\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T06:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:22:42","slug":"baycare-reaches-new-agreement-with-united-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/290690\/","title":{"rendered":"BayCare reaches new agreement with United Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLEARWATER, Fla. \u2014 BayCare Health System has reached a new, multi-year agreement with United Healthcare that will ensure continued in-network access to BayCare\u2019s physicians, facilities and services.<\/p>\n<p>Patients will continue to receive the care they know and expect from BayCare without interruption and are encouraged to keep all scheduled appointments and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled that BayCare and United Healthcare have agreed to a fair and reasonable new contract to ensure the communities we serve throughout West Central Florida can continue to receive care from BayCare including the physicians, services and facilities they know and trust,\u201d said Stephanie Conners, president and CEO of BayCare Health System.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout these discussions, our priority has been to protect patient choice and prevent disruption in care. This agreement reflects our shared commitment to keeping care accessible and centered on the needs of the people and families who rely on us every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To schedule appointments and access care, please call 1-800-BayCare (1-800-229-2273) or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/baycare.org\/\" title=\"https:\/\/baycare.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BayCare.org<\/a>. For any billing or insurance questions for BayCare, please call 813-443-8070.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baycare.org\/keep-baycare\" title=\"https:\/\/baycare.org\/keep-baycare\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KeepBayCare.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEARWATER, Fla. \u2014 BayCare Health System has reached a new, multi-year agreement with United Healthcare that will ensure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3948,274,28,30,29,571,115,139,275,135,278],"class_list":["post-290690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-app-health","tag-app-top-stories","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-health","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}