Becker's Healthcare January 7, 2025
Andrew Cass

Here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries that Becker’s has reported since Dec. 13:

1. UnitedHealth Group and the Justice Department disagree on a date for trial that will determine the fate of the company’s planned merger with Amedisys.

2. A Massachusetts court ordered three UnitedHealth-owned insurers to pay over $165 million for engaging in widespread deceptive practices that misled thousands of consumers into purchasing supplemental health insurance they didn’t need. The deceptive practices occurred primarily between 2012 and 2016, before UnitedHealth purchased the companies in 2019.

3. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare agreed to pay $1.67 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing them of using...

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