The New York State Insurance Department says a carrier wants to require hospitals to alert it within 24 hours after member patients have been admitted.
The New York department has asked the carrier, a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., to delay implementation of the rule, officials say.
UnitedHealth’s UnitedHealthcare unit could impose a penalty of up to 50% of normal payment if a hospital fails to notify UnitedHealthcare within 24 hours after a patient is admitted, officials say.