UnitedHealth Agrees To Overhaul Payment Database
In a settlement announced Tuesday with New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, UnitedHealth has agreed to overhaul the databases the industry uses to determine the true market value of out-of-network health services received by plan members. The settlement follows a yearlong investigation that found that the databases had understated true market rates by up to 28%.
- "Big Health Insurer Agrees To Update Its Fee Data" (Hakim/Abelson, New York Times, 1/13).