Healthcare DIVE January 13, 2025
Rebecca Pifer

The proposal comes one month after the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Dive Brief:

  • Shareholders are asking UnitedHealth to analyze the impact of healthcare delays and denials on public health and the company itself, one month after the healthcare conglomerate’s top insurance executive was shot and killed in Manhattan.
  • On Wednesday, a faith-based group of investors requested UnitedHealth prepare a report looking into how its practices “impact access to healthcare and patient outcomes, including analyses of how often prior authorization requirements or denials of coverage lead to delay or abandonment of medical treatment and serious adverse events for patients,” according to the proposal.
  • UnitedHealth will respond to the proposal for its 2025 proxy statement when that document is...

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