UnitedHealthcare, Aetna fined by DOBI
UnitedHealthcare and Aetna Health were fined $2.5 million and $350,000, respectively, this year for violating state health insurance laws. The fines were levied by the state's Department of Banking and Insurance. UnitedHealthcare and its affiliates, ...
Aetna Sues Plaintiffs Firm, Consumer Watchdog in HIV Patient Privacy Debacle
Aetna has sued a plaintiffs firm and a consumer group in connection with a compounded privacy blunder that outed HIV patients and forced the company to pay out $17 million to those affected. This premium content is locked for. The Legal Intelligencer ...
Opioid Maker Can't Dodge Overprescribing Lawsuit Filed by Aetna
A federal judge has declined to toss out a lawsuit in which Aetna alleged the maker of a highly addictive opioid-based painkiller duped the insurance company into paying reimbursements for off-label uses. In an Aug. 23 ruling, U.S. District Judge ...