On Thursday, the giant health care conglomerate announced that it had “proactively reached out” to the Justice Department, after reports of a government investigation had surfaced.
Category: Optum Inc
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UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers
The company lent roughly $9 billion to practices affected by a vast cyberattack on its payment systems last year. Medical practices are now suing the health care colossus, saying it is pressuring them to repay funds.
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Florida Seeks Drug Prescription Data With Names of Patients and Doctors
The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy concerns.
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Drugmakers Paid PBMs Not to Restrict Opioid Prescriptions
Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.
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Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates
New legislation would force UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna to each sell their pharmacies within three years.
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US Regulators Seek to Block UnitedHealth’s $3.3 Billion Purchase of Home Care Company
The Justice Department and four Democratic state attorneys general argued that United’s takeover would limit competition and harm consumers needing home or hospice care.
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The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business
The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.
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Help The Times Report on Optum-Controlled Doctor’s Offices
The Times wants to hear from patients and providers about medical practices affiliated with Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. Share your experience below.
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UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack
Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.
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UnitedHealth Cyberattack Disrupts Prescription Drug Coverage
For nearly a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation’s largest insurer was shut down by a possible ransomware assault.
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Pharmacies Shared Patient Records Without a Warrant, an Inquiry Finds
A congressional investigation found that the nation’s largest pharmacies have handed over prescription records to law enforcement without a warrant, raising privacy concerns.