UnitedHealth Group CEO advises employees against talking to press after Brian Thompson’s murder
A leaked internal video by UnitedHealth Group's CEO shows him telling employees within the company that there is no benefit to speaking to the media. Days after the shocking assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, in Midtown, CEO Andrew Whitty gave an internal speech. Footage of Whitty's remarks was shared by journalist Ken Krippenstein […]
$25 Million UnitedHealth CEO Whines About Public Blowback – The Daily Beast
UnitedHealth Group's CEO took to social media to call critics of the health care industry outraged by the killing of CEO Brian Thompson “virulent” and “out of touch with reality.” It's not consistent,” he said. Mr Thompson's boss, Andrew Whitty, did not make the comments public, but rather announced them in a private video for […]
UnitedHealth, insurer stocks continue to tumble after Brian Thompson’s murder
Shares of health insurance companies, including UnitedHealth Group, continued to soar Friday, two days after Brian Thompson, CEO of the company's health insurance division, was shot and killed by a gunman waiting outside a Manhattan hotel. continued to decline. Police officials said the gunman was still at large and a motive for the attack had […]
UnitedHealth Group grieving loss of CEO Bryan Thompson gunned down in manhattan
UnitedHealth Group announced Thursday that it is mourning the loss of CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot by a lone gunman in broad daylight outside a Midtown Manhattan Hilton earlier this week. The company said Mr. Thompson was a “highly respected colleague and friend to everyone he worked with.” On Thursday, the health care company […]
DOJ launched probe into UnitedHealth before CEO’s murder
UnitedHealthcare CEO Andrew Whitty sent this message to employees at the major insurance company hours after co-CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4th. Several senior UnitedHealthcare executives are under investigation by the Justice Department, but it is unclear whether CEO Brian Thompson was part of the investigation before […]
Slain UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson was facing DOJ probe for insider trading: report
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was one of several senior executives at the company targeted by the Justice Department when he was shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday. It was. Mr. Thompson, who was killed in what police called a targeted shooting outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown, exercised his stock options on […]
UnitedHealth cancels investor day after reports of executive shot in Manhattan – CNBC
A scene outside the Hilton Hotel in New York City after the shooting that killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024. Estelle Bloom | CNBC CEO Brian Thompson said: united health groupinsurance department was fatally shot Wednesday morning in midtown Manhattan, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. UnitedHealth Group canceled investors […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James joins lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group merger – CNYcentral.com
New York State — UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest providers of home health and hospice services for seniors, may soon acquire rival Amedisys. On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James joined three attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice in filing a lawsuit against the company's merger. The lawsuit alleges that the […]
DOJ sues UnitedHealth amid $3.3 billion bid to buy home care giant Amedisys – CBS News
Man's family wins millions of dollars in lawsuit over Hennepin County Jail death, other headlines Man's family wins millions of dollars in lawsuit over Hennepin County Jail death, other headlines 04:25 minneapolis —Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group Inc. is the focus of an antitrust lawsuit filed Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice. A spokesperson for UnitedHealth […]
Cyberattack at UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare affected 100M Americans – Star Tribune
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which maintains the data breach list, did not immediately respond to questions about the post, industry publication Modern Healthcare reported Thursday. UnitedHealth Group first disclosed the cyberattack in February. When Whitty told lawmakers in May that the breach could have affected data on about a third of […]