UnitedHealth CEO Shot Dead

October 21, 2024. UnitedHealth, CVS and Humana used technology to increase MA prior authorization denials for post-acute services, boosting profits, according to a report for a Senate subcommittee. The insurers leveraged algorithmic tools to sharply increase claims denials for MA beneficiaries between 2019 and 2022, according to the report published Thursday by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. They most often denied coverage to patients in nursing homes, inpatient rehab hospitals and long-term hospitals, the report found.

August 13, 2021. UnitedHealthcare, the largest U.S. health insurer, has settled federal and New York state charges it illegally denied coverage to thousands of patients suffering from mental health problems and substance abuse.

October 18, 2023. Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has imposed a $500,000 fine against UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company (UHIC) for failing to demonstrate how it administers its mental health and substance use disorder benefits in accordance with state and federal laws.

January 30, 2008. A California investigation into the claims practices of UnitedHealth Group has given fresh ammunition to opponents of UnitedHealth's buyout of local insurer Sierra Health Services, even as Sierra Health executives offered assurances that similar claims issues wouldn't happen here. UnitedHealth could face fines up to $1.3 billion because its PacifiCare unit allegedly handled claims unfairly after UnitedHealth, the nation's second-largest health insurer, took it over.