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Company: UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
Current Parent Company: UnitedHealth Group
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Penalty: $2,750,000
Year: 2017
Date: January 30, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: UnitedHealthcare agreed to change its practices and pay over $2 million in legal fees to settle litigation alleging it improperly denied coverage for expensive hepatitis C medication.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of Florida
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 0:15cv61144
Case Name: Jones v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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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