UnitedHealth reported fourth-quarter results on Thursday that reflected persistent challenges for the health insurance sector.

The US Medicare agency dropped its appeal of a lawsuit brought by UnitedHealth Group Inc. challenging the program’s determination of quality ratings that drive Medicare payments.

Meet Rep. Dr. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), who warns against indiscriminate cuts to federal healthcare programs and wants big healthcare conglomerates broken up.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday said it would not appeal a court order that it recalculate the public star ratings it gave to UnitedHealth's privately administered Medicare health insurance plans,

UnitedHealth Group Inc. promoted the head of its Medicare health plan business to lead the company’s broader insurance division, filling the job previously held by slain executive Brian Thompson. Tim Noel,

A new report finds Eden Prairie-based UnitedHealth Group and two Blue Cross Blue Shield nonprofit insurers had the highest claim-denial rates among individual market health plans sold in 2023 on the federal government’s HealthCare.

UnitedHealth Group beat estimates for fourth quarter profit as the Eden Prairie-based health care giant released its first earnings report since the fatal ambush last month of top executive Brian Thompson in New York City.

In his first public comments since one of his executives was shot to death, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said the healthcare system “needs to function better.”

UnitedHealth Group on Thursday named Tim Noel, the head of its Medicare business, to the top job at its health insurance business, a month after the unit’s former CEO Brian Thompson was killed.

CMS issued the industry-wide ratings the next month. Among large insurers, UnitedHealthcare experienced one of the most dramatic drops in scores. In its lawsuit, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary alleged the decline improperly cost the company “tens of millions” in federal payments.

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UnitedHealth Group reported $14.4 billion in 2024 profits as its UnitedHealthcare health insurance and Optum provider services overcame rising costs and a cyberattack.