Tag: $United Health Group

UnitedHealth Group UNH+0.25% stock sank Thursday after the giant health insurer posted first-quarter earnings that missed expectations and slashed its full-year outlook.

UnitedHealth Group (UNH-1.69%) stock fell sharply Friday following a report that said the Justice Department had launched a civil fraud investigation into the company’s Medicare billing practices.

UnitedHealthcare announced a new CEO on Thursday, filling in the spot after Brian Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan in a targeted attack.

UnitedHealth and Amedisys have agreed to extend the deadline to close their $3.3 billion merger agreement to next year, a filing showed on Friday, as the deal faces close scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice.

UnitedHealth Group’s third-quarter medical costs exceeded Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as the insurer paid out more due to persistently high demand for healthcare services and received lower reimbursements on government-backed insurance plans.

UnitedHealth on Tuesday forecast a bigger hit to earnings this year from a February hack at its tech unit, as it rolls out loans to support affected healthcare providers and records higher expenses from notifying customers.

UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday reported better-than-expected revenue for the first quarter.

Managed care giant UnitedHealth Group beat earnings expectations for the fourth quarter of 2023 but reported a higher-than-expected utilization of medical services.