CEO SUMMARY: Recent events have not been kind to UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries UnitedHealthcare and Optum. In February, just as UHG’s Change Healthcare division was hit with a major cyberattack that disrupted billions of dollars in medical claims, news leaked out that the federal Department of Justice was investigating the firm for antitrust violations. […]
UnitedHealth Group Faces DOJ Antitrust Probe
Nation’s largest health insurer faces challenges on several fronts, with implications for clinical labs
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXXI, No. 6 - April 29, 2024 Issue
- Tags: ABIG Health, Adam Brown MD, AMA, Amedisys, American Medical Association, Andrew Witty, antitrust probe, Becker’s Hospital Review, Change Healthcare, Darwin Research, Department of Justice, DOJ, Emanate Health, Humana, Judge Carl J. Nichols, LHC Group, MedCity News, medical claims, Medicare Advantage, New York State Health Care Bureau, Optum, Optum Health, Optum Insight, Optum Rx, Optum Tri-State, PHI, protected health information, Rick Pollack, Rupert Bondy JD, The Examiner News, The Wall Street Journal, UHC, UHG, UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare
