UnitedHealthcare Cuts Lactation Counseling Payments
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- UnitedHealthcare is cutting back on payments for lactation counseling services, according to STAT's Health Care Inc. newsletter.
- Lactation clinicians are 'up in arms' over the payment reductions, with the newsletter framing the dispute as 'another example of the deepening rifts between providers and insurers.'
Why it matters: The dispute marks another escalation in what STAT explicitly characterizes as 'deepening rifts' between clinical providers and major insurers, this time hitting preventive breastfeeding support that many new mothers rely on.
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