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• Final Settlement of UnitedHealth Backdating Case

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  Last year, we discussed a preliminary settlement of allegations against the leadership of one of the US (and the world's) biggest health care insurance companies/ managed care organization. Now the settlement appears final, as reported by the AP and published in the NY Times,UnitedHealth Group Inc. moved closer to finally...

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• UnitedHealth to close database, pay $350M

  - 2009-02-15

  As part of an agreement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, UnitedHealth Group has agreed to shut down a national billing database used by health plans to determine reimbursements to members who use out-of-network physician services. The billing database, which is operated by the UnitedHealth Group UHG subsidiary...

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• UnitedHealth agrees to close ingenix database

  - 2009-02-01

  As part of an agreement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, UnitedHealth Group has agreed to shut down a national billing database used by health plans to determine reimbursements to members who use out-of-network physician services. The billing database, which is operated by the UnitedHealth Group UHG subsidiary...

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• Fraud scheme among insurers investigated in N.Y

  - 2008-03-01

  Following a 6-month initial investigation, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced plans to file suit against UnitedHealth Group and four of its subsidiaries for allegedly systematically underpaying consumers for their out-of-network medical expenses. The attorney general claimed that UnitedHealth Group used faulty data from one of its subsidiaries,...

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• Insurance fraud scheme investigated in N.Y.: head of state task force alleges 'Ingenix is nothing more than a conduit for rigged information.'

  - 2008-03-01

  Following a 6-month initial investigation, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced plans to file suit against UnitedHealth Group and four of its subsidiaries for allegedly systematically underpaying consumers for their out-of-network medical expenses. The attorney general claimed that UnitedHealth Group used faulty data from one of its subsidiaries,...

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• Fraud scheme among insurers investigated in N.Y

  - 2008-03-01

  Following a 6-month initial investigation, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced plans to file suit against UnitedHealth Group and four of its subsidiaries for allegedly systematically underpaying consumers for their out-of-network medical expenses. The attorney general claimed that UnitedHealth Group used faulty data from one of its subsidiaries,...

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• In defense of data; UnitedHealth Group's Ingenix, says data collection unbiased, makes system better.(Opinions Commentary)

  - 2008-02-25

  Byline: Andy Slavitt and David Ostler Getting better healthcare information into the hands of people who need it is our business at Ingenix. Our company has been in the news as a result of the New York attorney general's investigation into the healthcare industry's...

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• Cuomo's rant on rates; N.Y. attorney general to sue Ingenix, UnitedHealth.(The Week in Healthcare)

  - 2008-02-18

  Byline: Gregg Blesch New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has picked up a battle that the American Medical Association has waged for nearly eight years without success: taking down Ingenix, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that most insurers rely on to crunch reimbursement rates for...

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• Ingenix acquires Lewin Group; `Go to' consultancy boosts UnitedHealth's portfolio.(The Week in Healthcare)

  - 2007-06-18

  Byline: Cinda Becker Managed care co-opted the protected space of providers last week when health IT company Ingenix announced that it had acquired the Lewin Group, a national healthcare and human services consulting firm. Financial terms of the deal, which closed June...

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• UnitedHealth Group Buys Lenex, Kan.-Based Firm, Merges It with Utah Company.

  - 2002-06-07

  By Mark Davis, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 7--UnitedHealth Group Inc. has acquired Lenexa-based GeoAccess Inc. and merged it with a Utah health care company called Ingenix. Tom Lauerman, a co-founder of GeoAccess, said Thursday that...

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