United Health Care: What You Need to Know
2,586 viewsThe UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is a health care company. UnitedHealth Group is a diversified health company dedicated to make health care work better. With his headquarter in Minneapolis, Minn., UnitedHealth Group offers many products and services through seven operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare, OptumHealth, AmeriChoice, Uniprise, Ovations, Ingenix, and Prescription Solutions. UnitedHealth Group serves approximately 70 million individuals nationwide.
United Health Group It is the parent of UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest health insurers in the U.S. It was created in 1977, as UnitedHealthCare Corporation (it renamed itself in 1998), but traces its origin to a firm it acquired in 1977, Charter Med Incorporated, which was founded in 1974. In 1979, it introduced the first network-based health plan for seniors. In 1984, it became a publicly traded company.
United Health Care Problems
There are many problems and justice battles concerning the United Health Care, for example:
1- The California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has issued a cease and desist order against UnitedHealthcare division PacifiCare of California, contending the health plan engaged in “dishonest and unfair” business practices. While the scale of the case is relatively small–it involves about 500 patients enrolled with a medical group in Redwood City–the matter is significant. It’s only the second time in the DMHC’s six-year history that it has issued such an order. What’s upset the DMHC is the way in which PacifiCare handled a physician contract termination. According to a complaint filed with the state, PacifiCare sent the 500 patients a letter saying their physicians had decided to leave the plan, when it had actually terminated the physicians itself. The state contends that PacifiCare knew it was going to terminate the physicians for more than a year, and that it should have let consumers know well in advance so they could choose a different insurance company if they wished.
2- Clients problems in talking with the administrative body of the United Health Care to cope wih important problems, as said by these mom:”Hi everyone, My son Shawn was scheduled to visit Pittsburgh on Sunday, December 10th to get diagnostic testing for SIR spheres. We were told that UPMC was out of network for United health care. We are now looking to see if there is anything around the Boston area that this procedure is done and the big question is whether it will be covered by his insurance, United Health Care. Can I get some feedback on this subject from everyone as to whether anyone that has had the treatment was covered by United Health Care. I cannot get any answers from the customer service department of united health care. This is very frustrating for us. I have spent the last week setting this whole thing up and now I am back to square one. This treatment is our only hope as Shawn has gone through all of the chemo without success for over a year and a half. Any help would be great. Thanks, Diana”
In the near future we will write some other articles about problems in the United Health Care Company.