ECU Physicians, UnitedHealthcare announce new network relationship
ECU Physicians and UnitedHealthcare have established a new network relationship, giving people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare employer and individual plans greater access to ECU Physicians.
The new relationship provides plan participants with access to primary care and specialist services from more than 500 ECU physicians and practitioners who share UnitedHealthcare’s commitment to improving access to quality care, enhancing clinical outcomes, lowering costs and creating an exceptional patient experience.
While patients enrolled in UnitedHealthcare plans previously had access to ECU Physicians, this new agreement offers that access at lower in-network prices.
ECU Physicians and UnitedHealthcare have established a new network relationship, giving people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare employer and individual plans greater access to ECU Physicians. (ECU file photo)
“At ECU Physicians, we provide a host of state-of-the art and accessible health care options for the residents of eastern North Carolina,” said Brian Jowers, executive director of ECU Physicians. “This new relationship will enable us to further our mission to improve health care for more of our region’s residents while training the next generation of physicians to do the same.”
ECU Physicians – the physician practice plan for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University – is primarily located in Greenville and has practices and outreach clinics across eastern North Carolina.
During the 2018 fiscal year, ECU medical providers treated more than 629,000 patients in its 24 outpatient clinics, Emergency Medicine Department, Med Direct Center and in its affiliated medical center, Vidant Medical Center.
The practice includes clinical departments in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, Ob/Gyn, emergency medicine, psychiatry, surgery, cardiovascular sciences, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pathology and radiation oncology, as well as many subspecialties in each of these departments.
“ECU Physicians is an important community provider and offers the people served by UnitedHealthcare greater choice and access to quality, cost-effective care,” said Garland Scott, CEO of UnitedHealthcare North Carolina. “We are grateful for the collaborative relationships we share with care providers like ECU Physicians, who are committed to improving the quality and cost of care.”
In North Carolina, UnitedHealthcare serves nearly 1.4 million people enrolled in Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored and individual health plans with a network of 142 hospitals and more than 38,000 physicians and other care providers statewide.
With this agreement, UnitedHealthcare joins a host of insurance providers – including Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, CIGNA HealthCare and WellPath – whose patients have access to ECU Physicians at in-network prices. For more information about the insurance plans accepted at ECU Physicians, click here.
-by University Communications