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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: UnitedHealth Group
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol UNH)
Headquartered in: Minnesota
Major Industry: healthcare services
Specific Industry: insurance; managed care
Penalty total since 2000$2,245,949,382
Number of records: 388
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
government-contracting-related offenses$1,276,135,41412
consumer-protection-related offenses$828,210,643341
competition-related offenses$85,481,1434
employment-related offenses$50,958,41023
healthcare-related offenses$4,898,0004
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
False Claims Act and related$1,276,135,41412
consumer protection violation$433,176,66718
insurance violation$394,328,976320
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices$63,125,0003
benefit plan administrator violation$35,534,2493
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

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CompanyPrimary Offense Type sort iconYearAgencyPenalty Amount
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2015CA-MHC$10,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2015CA-MHC$6,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2015CA-MHC$35,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2015CA-MHC$10,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2015CA-MHC$5,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2016CA-MHC$5,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2016CA-MHC$10,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2016CA-MHC$5,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2016CA-MHC$15,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2017CA-MHC$200,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2017CA-MHC$37,500
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2017CA-MHC$5,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2018CA-MHC$5,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2018CA-MHC$10,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2018CA-MHC$15,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2018CA-MHC$25,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2018CA-MHC$10,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2018CA-MHC$7,500
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2018CA-MHC$20,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2019CA-MHC$5,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2019CA-MHC$7,500
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2019CA-MHC$10,000
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2019CA-MHC$15,000
UnitedHealthcare Benefits Plan of Californiainsurance violation2019CA-MHC$7,500
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California dba OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of CAinsurance violation2019CA-MHC$10,000
UHC of California dba UnitedHealthcare of California, Inc.insurance violation2020CA-MHC$10,000
Golden Rule Insurance Co.insurance violation2005CO-INS$10,000
Pacificare Life Assurance Co.insurance violation2007CO-INS$46,000
United HealthCare Insurance Co.insurance violation2009CO-INS$276,000
United HealthCare of Colorado, Inc.insurance violation2009CO-INS$241,000
UnitedHealthcare of Colorado, Inc.insurance violation2010CO-INS$34,100
Golden Rule Insurance Co.insurance violation2012CO-INS$59,400
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2015CO-INS$142,500
Pacificare Life Insurance Co.insurance violation2016CO-INS$11,500
UnitedHealthcare of Colorado, Inc.insurance violation2016CO-INS$12,000
OptumRx, Inc.insurance violation2019CT-INS$6,000
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance Co.insurance violation2019CT-INS$12,000
Freedom Life Insurance Company of Americainsurance violation2017DE-INS$70,000
United Healthcare of Florida, Inc.insurance violation2000FL-OFR$65,000
Freedom Life Insurance Company of Americainsurance violation2002FL-OFR$13,500
United Healthcare of Florida, Inc.insurance violation2003FL-OFR$47,000
MEGA Life and Health Insurance Co.insurance violation2008FL-OFR$22,699
Golden Rule Insurance Co.insurance violation2012FL-OFR$13,000
United Healthcare of Florida, Inc.insurance violation2014FL-OFR$33,000
United Healthcare of Georgia Inc.insurance violation2000GA-INS$52,729
Mega Life and Health Insurance Co.insurance violation2010ID-INS$20,274
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2012ID-INS$5,000
Golden Rule Insurance Co.insurance violation2010IL-INS$20,000
United Healthcare Ins. Co.insurance violation2005IN-INS$7,500
United HealthCare Insurance Co.insurance violation2009IN-INS$5,000
United Healthcare of the Midwest, Inc.insurance violation2002KS-INS$14,000
The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Co.insurance violation2008KS-INS$9,000
MAMSI Life and Health Insurance Co.insurance violation2012MD-INS$6,000
Golden Rule Insurance Co.insurance violation2013MD-INS$7,000
Optimum Choice, Inc.insurance violation2014MD-INS$5,000
United Healthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2014MD-INS$32,400
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2015MD-INS$36,800
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2015MD-INS$140,000
MAMSI Life and Health Insurance Co.insurance violation2015MD-INS$20,800
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2015MD-INS$36,800
Optimum Choice, Inc.insurance violation2015MD-INS$66,600
UnitedHealthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.insurance violation2015MD-INS$31,500
United Healthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2015MD-INS$6,100
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2015MD-INS$23,300
Golden Rule Insurance Co.insurance violation2016MD-INS$13,650
United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.insurance violation2016MD-INS$8,000
United Healthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2016MD-INS$64,500
Optimum Choice, Inc.insurance violation2016MD-INS$7,500
OptumRX, Inc.insurance violation2016MD-INS$12,200
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2017MD-INS$20,500
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2018MD-INS$5,000
UnitedHealthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.insurance violation2018MD-INS$9,750
Freedom Life Insurance Company of Americainsurance violation2019MD-INS$6,750
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Companyinsurance violation2019MD-INS$5,500
OptumRx, Inc.insurance violation2019MD-INS$48,400
Optimum Choice, Inc.insurance violation2020MD-INS$30,000
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2020MD-INS$62,500
UnitedHealthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.insurance violation2020MD-INS$30,000
United Behavioral Healthinsurance violation2000ME-INS$10,000
United Healthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2000ME-INS$20,000
MEGA Life and Health Insurance Co.insurance violation2002ME-INS$5,000
United Healthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2006ME-INS$5,000
UnitedHealthCare Insurance Co.insurance violation2018ME-INS$45,750
MEGA Life and Health Insurance Co.insurance violation2006MN-FIN$75,000
Chesapeake Life Insurance Co.insurance violation2006MN-FIN$25,000
MEGA Life and Health Insurance Co.insurance violation2009MN-FIN$5,000
United Healthcare of of the Midwestinsurance violation2007MO-INS$224,075
United Healthcare of of the Midwestinsurance violation2008MO-INS$202,500
United Healthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2008MO-INS$200,575
United Healthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2009MO-INS$361,706
The Chesapeake Life Insurance Co. et al.insurance violation2015MO-INS$171,706
United Healthcare Insurance Co. et al.insurance violation2016MO-INS$150,000
Freedom Life Insurance Company of Americainsurance violation2019MO-INS$5,519
Chesapeake Life Ins. Co.insurance violation2007MS-INS$50,000
Mega Life & Health Ins. Co.insurance violation2007MS-INS$50,000
United Healthcare of Mississippiinsurance violation2008MS-INS$50,000
United Healthcare Insurance Co.insurance violation2008MS-INS$50,000
UnitedHealth Group Inc.insurance violation2007NE-DOI$650,000
Oxford Health Plans of New Jerseyinsurance violation2000NJ-DBI$275,000
UnitedHealthcare of New Jerseyinsurance violation2000NJ-DBI$127,400
Health Net of New Jersey, Inc.insurance violation2003NJ-DBI$874,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.