New York Atty. Gen. Andrew Cuomo and UnitedHealth Group announced a $50 million deal Tuesday that requires UnitedHealth to shed usual-and-customary charges data now supplied by its subsidiary, Ingenix, and create a nonprofit database with national public access.In what Cuomo called "historic reform," the deal between Cuomo ends UnitedHealth's role in an 11-month investigation of Ingenix that has grown to include other major carriers.At issue are the charges patients incur when they go beyond the network of doctors established through preferred provider organizations (PPOs) and similar netw...
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