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UnitedHealth Group settles class action lawsuit for $350 million

Fri, 01/16/2009 - 5:17pm — DCblogger

UnitedHealth to pay $350M in reimbursement suits

UnitedHealth Group has reported that it will pay $350 million to settle three class actions related to out-of-network reimbursements. ...

... Additionally, Aetna Inc. of Hartford, Conn., which also used Ingenix, agreed to contribute $20 million toward the new data source.

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Today's single payer post: 16 subpoenas

Sat, 07/05/2008 - 11:20am — DCblogger

N.Y. AG Prescribes Subpoenas to UnitedHealth Group, Others

The nation's largest health care insurer, four of its subsidiaries and a number of other large insurers are being served subpoenas -- 16 in all -- in a suit to be brought by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that charges the companies used "rigged data to manipulate the reimbursement rate to their customers who filed claims."

At the center of the scheme, according to the attorney general, is Ingenix, Inc., "the nation's largest provider of health care billing information, which serves as a conduit for rigged data to the largest insurers in the country."

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Today's single payer post: Who wrote your last Rx?

Thu, 05/22/2008 - 12:50pm — DCblogger

Some NY HMOs Impose Consumer Drug Restrictions To Increase Profits

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