United Healthcare has agreed to pay nearly $930,000 to Maryland's hospitals and radiologists and another $633,000 in fines based on its use of private utilization review companies without the approval of the state insurance commissioner and other violations of state regulations.The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) announced Monday that UnitedHealthcare conducted a self-audit at regulators' request and found claims had been inappropriately denied in more than 300 cases."United’s full cooperation with our investigation and its self-audit process made it easier to identify er...
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