UnitedHealth Group – Healthcare Economist

UnitedHealth Group to Reveal Healthcare Prices?

2012-06-21Jason Shafrin1 Comment

According to The Hartford Courant: UnitedHealthcare launched a newer online program that allows 14 million of its members to compare current prices of medical services, including how much a patient will pay out of pocket. The program is specialized to show how much the insurer would pay, and how much the patient would pay based…

UnitedHealth Group Settlement

2009-01-14Jason ShafrinLeave a comment

Marketplace reports that UnitedHealth Group has just reached a large settlement with the State of New York. What did UnitedHealth Group do wrong? According to the State of New York, it was overcharging patients who went out of the network. The N.Y. Times gives a good example: “The patient might receive a doctor’s bill for $100,…