The Latest Breaking News from UnitedHealthcare

Data wonks with mighty computers are overjoyed. Ordinary consumers, not so much.

A dump of tens of thousands of colossal digital files from a single insurer is not unusual, and it'll be weeks before data firms can put the information in a usable format for employers and patients.

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UnitedHealth Group is paying $5.4 billion to acquire LHC Group, a Louisiana-based home care company, in a deal that pushes the Minnetonka-based health care giant further into direct patient care.

UnitedHealthcare has added Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ:KALA) Eysuvis (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension) 0.25% as a covered brand on its commercial formularies effective March 2022.  Eysuvis now has coverage for approximately 118 million lives or 70% of all commercial lives. Kala also announced that Cigna Medicare had added Eysuvis as a preferred brand effective…

The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit Thursday to block UnitedHealth Group's proposed acquisition of Change Healthcare, a $13 billion deal the federal government says could potentially harm millions of Americans by lowering the quality of health insurance while making coverage more costly.

Mayo Clinic is not scheduling appointments for seniors in certain Medicare Advantage health plans because their insurers haven't negotiated contracts for in-network access to the world-renowned medical center.

Dhaval Bhatt had been warned about hospital emergency rooms.

UnitedHealthcare has agreements with Walmart and a growing list of retailers to make available free at-home COVID-19 tests when subscribers present their ID cards at pharmacy counters.