Tag: Medicare

UnitedHealth promotes leader of retirement business to replace slain CEO Thompson

UnitedHealth Group will promote one of its top insurance executives to replace Brian Thompson, the slain CEO of its UnitedHealthcare arm.The company said...

UnitedHealth books better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit

UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024, but revenue fell short as challenges like Medicare funding cuts and a...

Former Van Nuys doctor, others agree to pay $15 million to settle kickback allegations

A former Van Nuys physician who recently surrendered his medical license following sexual harassment accusations has agreed to a $15-million federal settlement...

UnitedHealthcare CEO kept a low public profile. Then he was shot to death in New York

NEW YORK -- Brian Thompson led one of the biggest health insurers in the U.S. but was unknown to millions of people his...

Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans

WASHINGTON -- Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or...

Fetterman reacts to Oz being nominated for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Jon Fetterman took to social media to react to Dr. Mehmet Oz being nominated for the Centers for...