Editor’s note: This is wonderful news! Now that the FEDs have some extra time they can monitor the criminals within the Probate Court of Cook County. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Feds call off monitoring of UnitedHealthcare
Insurer's payment practices under scrutiny since 2007
Reuters5:13 PM CST, January 18, 2013
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The oversight began after chief insurance regulators from Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, and New York identified areas of concern related to timely payment of claims by the unit of UnitedHealth Group.
"We are continuously enhancing our claim payment processes and customer service at UnitedHealthcare," the insurer said in an emailed statement. "The collaborative work we undertook with regulators in this innovative model helped create new best practices, as illustrated by our meeting the performance standards."
The company had agreed to pay more than $14 million to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), a multistate insurance regulatory body, in 2007 to settle concerns about the company's past practices.
Under the settlement, the NAIC monitored UnitedHealthcare's practices between 2008-2010 against certain performance standards. The company could have been liable to penalties if it had not met those measures.
In an 11-page report released Friday, the NAIC said UnitedHealthcare had met or exceeded the benchmarks, and no additional penalties were assessed.
UnitedHealthcare will employ an independent consultant to assist the company in the maintenance and continued improvement of its claim payment process, the NAIC said
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-feds-call-off-monitoring-of-unitedhealthcare-20130118,0,7890270.story
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