Jury Finds UnitedHealthcare and Affiliates Guilty of Oppression, Fraud and Malice

“United’s Shared Savings Program takes up to a 50% administrative fee on the difference between billed charges and United’s arbitrary payments. United often receives more money on their shared savings fee than they pay to the provider.” 

So, what else is new? This happens all the time. Most plan sponsors don’t know anything about this. Here is another example, Aetna’s shared savings of +9% (Weslaco ISD vs Aetna) And how about Oakland County vs BCBS? Cigna vs Anheiser Busch? There are hundreds of lawsuits over the years addressing this practice. – Bill Rusteberg

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