UHC Expands Virtual Health Specialists to Include Sleep and Women's Health
Effective Nov. 17, Virtual Specialists now includes access to two new additions, virtual sleep care and virtual women’s health, for all UnitedHealthcare business.
Virtual Specialists provide a virtual specialist benefit to members and delivers:
- Consumer-centric medical and behavioral quality virtual specialist care for members
- Quality care through strategic partnerships with proven results
Through Virtual Specialists, UnitedHealthcare has opened access to quality care for members through virtual solutions with the goals of avoiding unnecessary care, improving treatment adherence, and offering digital simplicity to quickly get the care needed.
With the addition of virtual sleep care and virtual women’s health, UnitedHealthcare is continuing to expand access to all kinds of care and support for employees and their families. UnitedHealthcare is working to take virtual health far beyond the basics.
UnitedHealthcare evaluates virtual-only specialists and selects them based on their ability to deliver access to care, efficient delivery, and quality outcomes. These providers are contracted in network and are accessible to UnitedHealthcare members through their standard medical and physical health benefits.
UHC's full list of virtual specialties include:
- Gastroenterology (available in CA, FL, GA, MA, MN, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, UT)
- Migraine (available in all states except DE, ID, KS, NM, WV and DC)
- Musculoskeleta (available in all states except: DE, NH, NM, ID, WV, and DC)
- Sleep (available nationwide)
- Speech therapy (available in all states except: AK, AL, AR, DE, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, RI, SD, UT)
- Women’s health (available in AZ, FL, MD, MN, MD, WA)
- Urgent dental (available nationwide for members with UHC Dental benefits)
See UHC's Virtual Specialists sales flyer (PDF) or visit their virtual care page for more information.
For questions or help with a UHC quote, please contact a member of your B&P Sales Team – 888.722.3373.