UPMC & Highmark Clarify What New Agreement Means For Consumers

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In the celebratory zeal of the moment announcing the 10-year agreement between UPMC and Highmark Attorney General Josh Shapiro said, “All UPMC hospitals and practitioners are now an option for Highmark’s ensured.”
That lit up the phones at insurance broker Mediconnect with folks saying to the company’s President Brian Breisinger, “I have Highmark insurance and I’m now being told I have access to all the UPMC doctors and facilities.&rd