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NewsSenate to probe Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Quest, LabCorp for alleged billion-dollar fraud
Senate members yesterday called for an investigation of possible Medicare and Medicaid fraud between the nation's largest laboratory testing companies and insurers, reports The Fiscal Times. Senate Read more...
Unintended consequences: Insurers stop offering new coverage for some kids
The healthcare overhaul law, which was supposed to increase access to healthcare, may have exactly the opposite effect for some children. Later this year, the law requires insurers to accept all Read more...
Massive administrative work of expanded health coverage begins
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Internal Revenue Service, health information technology professionals, physicians, health plans, and individual states face hefty to-do lists now Read more...
UnitedHealthcare's cancer protocol reports essentially 'policing' docs
While it may be advantageous to have doctors receive reports on whether the cancer treatment they prescribe follows quality protocols, UnitedHealthcare's recent move to mail individualized reports to Read more...
Rule change cuts reimbursement rates at NY hospital system in half
In a move it says is designed to lower costs and improve quality, UnitedHealthcare plans to cut hospital reimbursement rates for patients at any of five Continuum hospitals in New York by 50 percent Read more...
Connecticut MDs protest takeover of Health Net memberships by UnitedHealthcare
Last month, Connecticut state regulators agreed to let UnitedHealthcare pick up renewal rights to Health Net's membership rolls. Under the plan, Health Net will stop offering health insurance in Read more...
United Healthcare faces $750K fine in Georgia
United Healthcare has been slapped with a $750,000 fine for delaying claims payment to doctors and consumers. The combined fine is also shared by sister companies United Healthcare of Georgia, Read more...
UnitedHealth, Aetna sign with service bringing medical care to patient
In a move suggesting that old-fashioned house calls are still working their way back into the mainstream, Aetna and UnitedHealthcare have cut a deal with a service that brings primary-care clinicians Read more...
Advocates outraged by CMS decision not to pay for virtual colonoscopies
Last week, CMS announced that it would no longer reimburse for virtual colonoscopies, otherwise known as CT colonographies. While several large commercial health plans cover the procedure, including Read more...
Former RI hospital CEO sentenced to federal prison
Robert Urciuoli, former president and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, RI, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for conspiracy and mail fraud committed during his Read more...
| Press ReleasesUnitedHealthcare Completes XLHealth AcquisitionMINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) company, has completed its acquisition of XLHealth Corporation, (XLHealth) a sponsor of Medicare Advantage Read more >> UnitedHealthcare Invests $5.6 Million in Family Healthcare Network to Help Improve Access to Quality Care in Tulare and KiInvestment is part of UnitedHealthcare’s California Health Care Investment Program, a 20-year, $200 million commitment to improve health care access for underserved communitiesFunding gives health Read more >> More Than $187,000 in Grants Awarded to Schools and Community Groups to Help Fight Childhood Obesity“UnitedHealth HEROES” grants support local programs that engage children as learners and leaders of healthy habitsCommunity-focused, service-learning initiative by UnitedHealthcare and Youth Service Read more >> UnitedHealthcare, Gantt Center Host Tribute Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and LegacyJan. 14 event includes performance by Blacks in Wax, Medicare educational seminar and screening of “Anna Lucasta” CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As part of the Black Classic Cinema Series, Read more >> UnitedHealthcare Donates $125,000 to Three Arizona Medical Facilities to Help Improve Health Care Delivery for Local ResidGrants for facilities in Tucson, Flagstaff and Yuma to improve care coordination, use of electronic medical records, among other efforts PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UnitedHealthcare of Arizona has Read more >> |
