Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, which has three locations on Long Island, has struck a deal with UnitedHealthcare that will allow more than 19,000 patients to continue to receive in-network care.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are locked in a contract standoff that threatens to interrupt treatment for thousands of cancer patients in the New York area.

UnitedHealthcare and Memorial Sloan Kettering reached a contract agreement just in time to avert a network lapse for patients. | UnitedHealthcare and Memorial Sloan Kettering reached a contract agreement just in time to avert a network lapse for patients.