Nevada Jury Finds UnitedHealthcare and Affiliates Guilty of Oppression, Fraud and Malice in its Conduct against Frontline Healthcare Heroes
Several current and former United executives came under scrutiny for revelations uncovered in testimony throughout the trial. Among them:
John Haben , the former head of United’s Shared Savings Program, confirmed United’s role in colluding withYale University professorZack Cooper to produce a controversial study used to promote the false view that TeamHealth engaged in balance billing. The study misledCongress into passing legislation giving insurers significant leverage over frontline providers.- United exposed their members to surprise medical bills.
- Haben also stated under oath that United paid as little as 20% of the clinicians’ billed charges.
- United’s Shared Savings Program takes up to a 50% administrative fee on the difference between billed charges and United’s arbitrary payments.
- United often receives more money on their shared savings fee than they pay to the provider.
- Throughout all of United’s bad behavior, TeamHealth maintained its policy of not balance billing patients.
“On behalf of our more than 15,000 clinicians, TeamHealth is thrilled by the jury’s decision to hold UnitedHealthcare accountable for the considerable harm they have caused to
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TeamHealth is committed to ensuring that our frontline healthcare providers can secure the necessary reimbursement from insurers, to cover the costs of the lifesaving care they provide and will continue to do so as we pursue similar legal action against other harmful actors, in pending court cases throughout
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The collective term “United” as used throughout this release references defendants, UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company (“UHIC”),
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