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...UnitedHealthcare said it disagreed with the decision to award damages and noted Envision had asserted many claims that the arbitrators had denied....
...TeamHealth is fighting back with lawsuits of its own, claiming UnitedHealthcare unfairly refuses to pay a large proportion of its bills....
...Optum’s operating margin of 7 per cent in the first quarter is 1.3 percentage points above that for UnitedHealthcare....
...To tackle that part of healthcare spending, Mr Longman predicts that companies such as Cigna and UnitedHealthcare, the largest insurer, will start buying hospitals and clinics, and change their business...
...Fitbit, which recently invested $6m in glucose-monitoring start-up Sano, is now seeing its wristbands used in a new programme by UnitedHealthcare and Dexcom to help manage Type 2 diabetes....
...He has overseen UnitedHealthcare, the company’s benefits business, since 2014. He will begin his role as chief executive on September 1....
...Earlier this week, Fitbit announced a tie-up with Qualcomm Life, a unit of the mobile chipmaker, and UnitedHealthcare, the US insurance group, to allow employers to offer their staff its trackers as part...
...Two of the largest insurers, UnitedHealthcare and Humana, recently announced plans to scale back their commitment to the exchanges....
...UnitedHealthcare said it would participate in about 12 exchanges initially, but said the exchanges had the “potential to be a growth market” over time....
...He points to an app developed by the group’s insurance company, UnitedHealthcare....
...The move by UnitedHealthcare presupposes the court overturning the entire law....
...UnitedHealthcare slumped 3.4 per cent to $45.30 after it received a subpoena requesting documents relating to stock-option grants and a lawsuit was filed against the company accusing it of violating anti-trust...
...Germany’s Munich Re, South African-based Discovery Holders and UnitedHealthcare, a unit of US-based UnitedHealth Group, are also seen as potential international buyers....
...Among the health-services and managed-health companies, Humana added 8.1 per cent to $21.29 as UnitedHealthcare gained 5 per cent to $75.53 and Aetna was 4.2 per cent up at $99.60....
...The insurer in question, Cigna, saw shares trim 10.3 per cen t off their value to $59.73 as UnitedHealthcare lost 9.3 per cent to $66.50 while Aetna fell 11.8 per cent to $86.17....
...Elsewhere among the so-called Spitzer stocks, ACE was flat at $34.01 while UnitedHealthcare gave up 2.3 per cent at $68.25....
...Among the health insurers, Aetna was 17.8 per cent off for the same time period, UnitedHealthcare had lost 3.1 per cent and Cigna gave up 17 per cent....
...Marsh & McLennan added 3.4 per cent to $24.92 while ACE gained 2.6 per cent to $34 and UnitedHealthcare gained 5.1 per cent to $69.86....
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