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Company: UnitedHealthcare Group Inc. et al.
Current Parent Company: UnitedHealth Group
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $1,300,000
Year: 2021
Date: August 12, 2021
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: UnitedHealthcare agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty to New York as part of a larger settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor and the state to resolve allegations it unlawfully denied health care coverage for mental health and substance use disorder treatment. The larger settlement was also announced by DOL (see separate entry).
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.