A pilot program aimed at speeding up Medicare payouts for rural hospitals may be headed to Alabama soon, according to UnitedHealthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley. In response to questions from U.S. Rep.

UnitedHealthcare will begin requiring a full written interpretation and report to reimburse the professional component of certain radiology services billed alongside evaluation and management visits, ...

Hours before a contract between Cincinnati-based TriHealth and UnitedHealthcare was set to expire, the two have agreed to a deal, keeping TriHealth services in UHC's network for thousands of patients ...

Globally, more people receive the essential health care they need and a smaller share of the population experienced health-related financial hardship compared to two decades ago. However, progress has ...

An insurer the size of UnitedHealthcare has a treasure trove of data, and that's one of the driving factors in the insurance giant's approach to artificial intelligence. Craig Kurtzweil, chief data ...

Despite the momentum of remote monitoring uptake, UnitedHealthcare has quietly pushed out a massive change to its coverage policies that could impact thousands of Medicare beneficiaries. Health ...

UnitedHealthcare is currently in contract negotiations with Minnesota’s Fairview Health to ensure that commercial policyholders can remain in-network. Fairview Health owns 10 hospitals, including the ...

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...

Ascension Wisconsin is out-of-network for UnitedHealthcare members after the two failed to agree on a new contract. The situation means hard choices for patients, like whether to switch doctors, delay ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine ended contract negotiations with UnitedHealthcare on Monday, according to a statement from the Baltimore health care provider. The two companies did not reach an agreement after ...

Here are five recent controversies involving UnitedHealthcare, the insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, as reported by Becker’s: 1. In a complaint filed Aug. 8 in Arizona, UnitedHealthcare alleged ...

New York — Prosecutors say Luigi Mangione, accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare on a Manhattan sidewalk, has inspired others to embrace violence over reasoned debate. As evidence of Mangione ...