UnitedHealth, Sloan Kettering Resolve Contract Dispute (1)

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center resolved a contract dispute that threatened to interrupt treatment for thousands of cancer patients in the New York City area.

The largest US health insurer reached a deal with one of the nation’s highest profile cancer centers just before the July 1 deadline when the previous agreement was set to expire, risking coverage for about 19,000 patients currently in treatment.

UnitedHealth said the new agreement announced Tuesday morning is for several years, without specifying how many.

Health insurers and hospital systems frequently deadlock in negotiations until the brink of when a ...