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UnitedHealth Group Responds to Announcement from New York Attorney General
Company Advocates Fair and Appropriate Payment for New York Physicians and Consumers and Believes in Delivering High Quality, Dependable Database Tools
Minneapolis (Feb. 13, 2008) – UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) today issued
the following response to the announcement made by the office of the New York
Attorney General:
We are in the midst of on-going discussions with the Attorney General’s office
and we will continue to cooperate fully. UnitedHealth Group recognizes the
excellent health care delivered to patients by the physicians of New York and is
committed to fair and appropriate payment for physicians, the state’s other
health care providers and consumers. The company also believes in delivering
high quality and dependable database tools.
The reference data is rigorously developed, geographically specific,
comprehensive and organized using a transparent methodology that is very common
in the health care industry. We believe these reference tools add substantial
value to the health care system by providing all participants – providers,
payers and consumers – with a long-standing transparent, consistent, and neutral
line of sight into the health care market, its costs and performance.
Health plans and other health care payers use these reference tools to
independently negotiate their own reimbursement schedules, establish fees for
out-of-network care, negotiate provider service contracts and review claims for
their members and consumers.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to
making health care work better. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn.,
UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through
seven operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare, Ovations, AmeriChoice, Uniprise,
OptumHealth, Ingenix, and Prescription Solutions. Through its family of
businesses, UnitedHealth Group serves approximately 70 million individuals
nationwide.
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