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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Health Net of Connecticut, Inc.
Current Parent Company: UnitedHealth Group
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Penalty: $166,671
Year: 2005
Date: October 19, 2005
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: Health Net (an insurance company) agreed to pay $166,671 in restitution in settlement of allegations it illegally collected money from its enrollees' personal injury awards. State law prevented insurance companies from recovering these costs but required that medical costs already paid by insurance be deducted from personal injury awards.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Connecticut Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Connecticut
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance; managed care
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