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 […]
CVS, UnitedHealth press for FTC Chair Khan to be removed from PBM lawsuit
UnitedHealth and CVS Caremark have asked a federal judge to block Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan and two other commissioners from the agency's lawsuit against the nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager (PBM). I'm asking for it to be taken away from. Lawyers for UnitedHealth's OptumRx and CVS Caremark say Khan, along with Commissioners […]
CVS, UnitedHealth say FTC should take Lina Khan and two commissioners off drug middlemen case – CNBC
FTC Chairman Lina Khan presents the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government entitled “Fiscal Year 2025 Requests to the Federal Trade Commission” at the Rayburn Building on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. testify at the public hearing. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call Inc. | Getty Images CVS Health and united health group It […]
UnitedHealth expects cyberattack-related impacts to top $2.3B – Fierce healthcare
UnitedHealth saw its medical loss ratio rise in the second quarter, but executives pointed to the cyberattack on Change Healthcare as the main factor. UnitedHealthcare’s MLR for the second quarter was 85.1%, up from 83.2% in the same period last year. The insurer cited several factors for the increase in the ratio during its earnings […]
UnitedHealth cyberattack compromised medical histories, SSNs – Star Tribune
Hackers stole Social Security numbers, credit card information and medical histories in a February cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, the company said Thursday. The Minnetonka-based health care giant revealed more details about the type of consumer data that was compromised and a timeline for contacting those affected in filings with the U.S. Department of […]
Congress Grills UnitedHealth CEO Over Company’s Vertically Integrated Consolidation and Massive Cyberattack
The following content is Americans who support limited government. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) told UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Whitty during a hearing Wednesday at the Capitol, “I’m committed to solving this problem. I will continue to make efforts.” As Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) recently stated, “UnitedHealth Group is the standard oil of health care.” The […]
UnitedHealth CEO defends insurer after major hack, reveals amount of ransom paid as senators question firm’s size
UnitedHealth’s problems are not a threat to the entire economy, the chief executive of the nation’s largest health insurer said after senators asked whether UnitedHealth’s size could pose a system-wide threat. (CEO) told a Senate committee Wednesday. In the first of two scheduled testimony before a Congressional panel about the recent cyberattack on UnitedHealth’s technology […]