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Feb 2024

28m 3s

UnitedHealth Faces Class Action Lawsuit ...

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY

About this episode

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Bob Herman about a class action lawsuit that was filed against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiary, NaviHealth, for using a computer algorithm to "systematically deny claims” of Medicare beneficiaries struggling to recover from debilitating illnesses in nursing homes.

Read the related article in STAT News.

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

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