By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIII No. 4 – March 21, 2016 issue
This article is an excerpt from a 1,500-word article in the March 21 issue of THE DARK REPORT. Full details of UHC’s battle against out-of-network labs, as well as its plans to begin requiring pre-authorization for genetic testing, are included in the original article, available to paid members.
IN ITS LATEST NETWORK BULLETIN, UnitedHealthcare warned out-of-net- work laboratories
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIII No. 4 – March 21, 2016 issue
CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealthcare directly tackled the issue of out-of-network labs waiving or capping copayments, coinsurance and deductibles that are to be paid by patients. In a network bulletin this month, UHC said that such arrangements may violate federal law and could lead to state insurance department investigations into false claims. In the same bulletin to
