Knock Knock Eye: Life Advice for Residents Starting Their First Month

Knock Knock, Hi! with the Glaucomfleckens · Jul 9, 2026 · 35m

Today's main event: how a physician-owned practice negotiates with UnitedHealthcare. UHC is notorious for raising premiums 20 to 30% while offering physician reimbursement bumps of about 1%. I walk through exactly how we push back at Eye Health Northwest, phone messages that spell out the math, letters to patients, and yes, taking the contract to the brink when we have to. This works because we're large and physician-owned, which is why I make the case for other independents to consider joining forces locally instead of selling to private equity or chasing the Sound Physicians model.

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