News Report | January 14, 2022
UnitedHealthcare & Banner Health Create A New Arizona Employer Health Plan
On December 1, 2021, UnitedHealthcare introduced a new employer-sponsored health plan called “The Doctors Plan of Arizona” in partnership with Banner Health Network (BHN). BHN is an accountable care organization (ACO) serving Maricopa and Pinal counties in Southwest Arizona. This is the only plan in the greater Phoenix market where UnitedHealthcare has a partnership with an ACO. UnitedHealthcare has only two other such partnership plans nationwide: Colorado Doctors Plan, which UnitedHealthcare launched with Centura Health in 2019, and the California Doctors Plan, which UnitedHealthcare launched with Canopy Health in 2020.
Premiums for the new plan are about 15% lower . . .