Amanda Watson was diagnosed with breast cancer three weeks after having an emergency cesarean section to deliver her second son. Her test results showed she had one of the most aggressive forms ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CN) — A federal judge has allowed a class action against UnitedHealth Group for denying coverage to its customers to proceed despite dismissing five out of seven counts in an opinion ...

Eden Prairie-based UnitedHealth Group has agreed to pay $20.25 million to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Labor, ...

Two months after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson sent shockwaves through the much-reviled U.S. health ...

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Will your care be denied? Medicare Advantage insurers use prior authorization to manage utilization and lower costs. How to ...

You can request an "external review" from the Illinois Department of Insurance if your health insurance claim denial involved ...

Overall Medicare Advantage plans denied 6.4% of prior authorization requests in 2023. Prior authorization was needed 1.8 ...

Disruption of patient care because of UnitedHealthcare's denial rates and long wait times for payment “remain a sticking point” in negotiations with the insurer, Oregon Health & Science University ...

Many were quick to point out that Americans are fed up with health insurers and their tendency to deny claims — despite this idea being taken to a tragic extreme. Of course, the fact that health ...

In the wake of the December 4, 2024 fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson, questions were raised about insurance claim denial practices. Several news outlets noted that ...

The researchers found that the in-network denial rate ranged from 1% to 54% among HealthCare.gov issuers. There was also wide variation by state. Alabama had the highest in-network denial rate for ...