UnitedHealthcare lactation counseling policy: Health Care Inc.

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The breastfeeding billing battle

UnitedHealthcare is cutting back on paying for lactation counseling, and the clinicians who provide those services are up in arms, another example of the deepening rifts between providers and insurers.