Saint Joseph Health Reaches Agreement with UnitedHealthcare

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 29, 2025) – Saint Joseph Health, which serves communities across central and eastern Kentucky, is pleased to announce a new multiyear agreement with health insurance provider United Healthcare. The renewal agreement will allow patients with coverage through UnitedHealthcare to maintain in-network access to all Saint Joseph Health services across existing contracted products, including Medicare Advantage. 

Saint Joseph Health worked with United to reach an agreement, with the end goal to ensure that they could continue to meet the needs of Kentucky patients today and in the future. 

“Communities across central and eastern Kentucky rely on Saint Joseph Health for the quality care we provide,” said Matt Grimshaw, MBA, president of Saint Joseph Health. “As a mission-driven, nonprofit health system, we work hard to ensure we can always meet our patients’ changing health care needs. Responsible agreements with insurance companies allow us to attract and retain health care professionals, bring new services to the community, invest in new technology and maintain our facilities.”

The agreement allows Saint Joseph Health to continue its mission of delivering quality, affordable health care to patients today and for generations to come at its primary care, specialty clinics, hospitals, home health, rehabilitation and surgery centers across the state. Saint Joseph Health has hospitals in Bardstown, Berea, Lexington, London, Mount Sterling and Nicholasville, and clinics and physician offices in 20 counties in central and eastern Kentucky.

For more information on Saint Joseph Health, visit CommonSpirit.org/saintjosephhealth.

About Saint Joseph Health

Saint Joseph Health, part of CommonSpirit Health, is one of the largest and most comprehensive health systems in the Commonwealth of Kentucky with 100 locations in 20 counties, including hospitals, physician groups, clinics, primary care centers, specialty institutes, home health agencies and an ambulatory Care Center. The hospitals in Saint Joseph Health are Flaget Memorial Hospital, Saint Joseph Berea, Saint Joseph East, Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph Jessamine, Saint Joseph London, Saint Joseph Mount Sterling, and Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East. In total, the health system serves patients in 35 counties statewide. Saint Joseph Health is dedicated to providing a wide array of services toward a goal of building a healthier future for all. HI Saint Joseph Health embodies a strong mission and faith-based heritage and works through local partnerships to expand access to care in the communities it serves.