Carolina Health Care Joins UnitedHealthcare Physician Network, US

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Article Date: 15 Oct 2007 - 7:00 PDT

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Carolina Health Care, PA, a 19-member specialty physician group, and UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) company, have reached a new agreement, making the physician group's specialty services available to UnitedHealthcare commercial health plan members.

"UnitedHealthcare members will welcome news that Carolina Health Care physicians are now part of the UnitedHealthcare physician network," said Austin Pittman, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of South Carolina. "This agreement is a reflection of our joint commitment to expand access to affordable and quality health care services in South Carolina. We look forward to working with the physicians at Carolina Health Care to make a positive difference in local health care access for our members."

Bill Remmes, administrator of Carolina Health Care, said, "We are pleased to be available to serve more of our community through our relationship with UnitedHealthcare." Carolina Health Care is an independent, multi-specialty group that has served the Florence area for over 25 years. The Group includes physicians specializing in Hematology/Oncology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Dermatology and Podiatry. Carolina Health Care is located at 506 E. Cheves St.

UnitedHealthcare serves more than 160,000 South Carolinians through a health care network that includes 52 local hospitals and more than 5,450 local physicians. In addition to providing members with broad access to health care services, UnitedHealthcare provides members with information on health care issues, health and wellness, and information on the quality and cost-effectiveness of hospitals and physicians nationwide.

About UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare (http://www.unitedhealthcare.com) provides a full spectrum of consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services. The company organizes access to quality, affordable health care services on behalf of more than 26 million individual consumers, contracting directly with more than 535,000 physicians and care professionals and more than 4,700 hospitals nationwide to offer them broad, convenient access to services nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company. For further information please go to:
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