Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health and Summa Health Medical Group are no longer in-network with UnitedHealthcare affiliate Optum/United Behavioral Health as of Aug. 1.
The contract expired July 31 after months of negotiation failed to yield a new agreement, according to an Aug. 22 Akron Beacon Journal report. Patients with Optum/United Behavioral Health coverage may now face out-of-network costs for behavioral health services at Summa.
Summa will stop scheduling appointments for all nonemergency patients who have out-of-network insurance plans starting Sept. 1.
