Becker's Healthcare May 28, 2024
From its Optum arm acquiring 10 Minnesota behavioral health clinics to shuffling its top legal lineup, here are 15 updates on UnitedHealth Group Becker’s has reported since May 14:
1. UnitedHealth Group’s Optum acquired Plymouth, Minn.-based CARE Counseling. CARE Counseling has 10 locations in the Minneapolis area, and employs over 200 clinicians.
2. Trinity Health of New England, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, is not budging in its negotiations with UnitedHealthcare over a new contract to replace the current deal that expires at midnight on June 30.
3. UnitedHealth Group said a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging an AI algorithm wrongfully denied Medicare Advantage patients care should be dismissed because “plaintiffs have failed to exhaust the exclusive administrative appeal...