CMS fines UnitedHealthcare $2.5M over improper Medicare denials, delays

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review)

CMS fined Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare $2.5 million after an audit found systemic compliance problems with its Medicare health plans that led beneficiaries to experience delayed or denied access to prescription drug coverage, according to the Star Tribune. Continue reading article here…

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