“People pay for health care one way or another,” says Cox. It’s hard to know just how often health insurers are requiring prior authorization or denying coverage. As ProPublica explained last year, the information remains closely guarded by companies and regulators. But some data has b...
Zuckerberg “is synonymous with Meta and, as a result, negative sentiment regarding our company is directly associated with, and often transferred to, Mr. Zuckerberg,” the Menlo Park,California, company explained earlier this year in an annual shar...
Kaiser Permanente: Kaiser’s net margin in the first nine months of the year was at 12%, thanks in large part to its acquisition of Geisginger earlier this year. Kaiser still plans toadd Cone Healthby the end of this year. Sentara Healthcare: Sentara lost more than $500 million from ...
When gastroenterologists learned in March that UnitedHealthcare plans to barricade manycolonoscopiesbehind a controversial and complicated process known as prior authorization, their emotions cycled rapidly between fear, shock, and outrage. The change, which the health insurer will implement on June 1, ...
UnitedHealthcare and Kaia Health have partnered to give UH members in employer-sponsored health plans who suffer from musculoskeletal.
But UnitedHealth is not alone in its vulnerability: The industry has seen an increasing number of cyberattacks,Cliff Steinhauer, director of information security and engagement at the National Cybersecurity Alliance, told theTimes. According to federal officials, large breaches of health care da...
• Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is fighting his extradition to New York, where he faces a murder charge. He was denied bail during a court appearance in Pennsylvania. • As he entered the courtroom Tuesday, the 26-year-old could b...
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Mangione is in custody on Pennsylvania charges related to a gun and fake ID police say they found when they arrested him in Altoona. He also plans to plead not guilty to the Pennsylvania charges, Dickeyhas said. Mangione was denied bail at an extradition hearing Tuesday afternoon at...
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, made his first appearance in federal court today.