Who determines which providers are in-network?
UnitedHealthcare, the administrator of the Pfizer Retiree Medical Plan, determines the network of providers that applies to retirees under the age of 65. UnitedHealthcare actively works on recruiting physicians and hospitals into its network. Sometimes physicians and hospitals choose not to participate in a particular network. Pfizer evaluates UnitedHealthcare’s network regularly to ensure that Pfizer colleagues and retirees have an adequate number of physicians and hospitals available to them. You can find out whether your physician is in-network by visiting www.myuhc.com/groups/pfizer or by calling 1-800-638-8010. Note that if you are age 65 or over, your benefits are not impacted by whether or not a provider participates in the UnitedHealthcare network. If you are age 65 or over, it is important, however, that you confirm that your provider accepts Medicare assignment. MetLife is the administrator of the dental plan and follows the same process as UnitedHealthcare when determining w
