HUNTSVILLE — After months of negotiations, Huntsville Hospital Health System and UnitedHealthcare have reached an agreement that maintains the in-network status for United subscribers who are patients in HH Health System hospitals.  

“This new agreement enables patients to continue to have access to the HH Health care teams that they know and trust,” said Jeff Samz, CEO of the Huntsville Hospital Health System. “Our patients will always be our first priority.”

The new agreement applies to Huntsville Hospital, Madison Hospital, Athens-Limestone  Hospital, Decatur Morgan Hospital, DeKalb Medical Center in Fort Payne, Helen Keller Hospital in Florence, Highlands Medical Center in Scottsboro, Lincoln Health in Fayetteville, Tenn.; Marshall Medical Centers (North and South), and Red Bay Hospital.

Last month, the hospital system said it sent a notice of termination to insurance giant UnitedHealthcare. However, the hospital system and UnitedHealthcare continued to negotiate.

The new agreement comes one day before Huntsville Hospital and Madison Hospital were scheduled to become out-of-network hospitals.