UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED et al

  1. August 12, 2022

    Change's Data Can't Be Used Anti-Competitively, Judge Told

    An expert witness for UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare testified Friday there's no real risk the proposed $13.8 billion deal to buy Change would give a UHG subsidiary a leg up on rival insurers, assailing the U.S. Department of Justice for making overblown predictions about how Change's data could be used to hurt competitors.

  2. August 12, 2022

    UnitedHealth, Change Turn Trial Gaze To Horizontal Overlap

    UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare countered Justice Department allegations that their proposed merger threatens direct competition in the claims processing sector by arguing at the D.C. federal court that their plan to divest an insurance claims technology business addresses the DOJ's concerns.

  3. August 10, 2022

    UnitedHealthcare And Optum Are 'Strictly' Separate, CEO Says

    UnitedHealth Group's CEO told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday there's no reason to fear misuse of data gleaned from the proposed $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare because UnitedHealth's own OptumInsight data unit is carefully designed to serve all health insurers and not just subsidiary UnitedHealthcare.

  4. August 09, 2022

    Merger Would Spur UnitedHealth To Abuse Data, Judge Told

    If a proposed $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare was permitted, UnitedHealth Group would have every incentive to tap data from Change's insurer clients to bolster its own business even if it means damaging Change's customer relationships, the U.S. Department of Justice's main expert witness told a D.C. federal judge Tuesday.

  5. August 08, 2022

    DOJ Data Fears Based On 'Limited Understanding,' Judge Told

    The U.S. Department of Justice is wrong to allege that UnitedHealth Group's proposed $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare would give the company access to data that it could use to gain a competitive advantage against its rivals, a UHG executive testified Monday in D.C. federal court.

  6. August 05, 2022

    United Exec Says Data Access Informed $13.8B Acquisition

    A former UnitedHealth Group executive admitted Friday that access to health care claims data was at least one key factor in the $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare, giving fodder to U.S. Department of Justice allegations that the data could be misused to benefit UnitedHealthcare.

  7. August 04, 2022

    Former United CEO Says Data Abuse Possible, 'Very Isolated'

    The former UnitedHealth Group CEO who oversaw the company's decision to buy Change Healthcare for $13.8 billion defended the transaction Thursday against a Justice Department challenge but admitted that data abuse is possible even if safeguards make that unlikely.

  8. August 03, 2022

    UnitedHealth Judge Probes Health Tech Co.'s Data Safeguards

    The D.C. federal judge slated to decide the fate of UnitedHealth Group's proposed $13.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare pressed a Change executive on Wednesday to explain whether internal safeguards can prevent data abuses that the U.S. Department of Justice is worried about.

  9. August 02, 2022

    Change CEO Says UnitedHealth Deal Won't Harm Rivals

    Change Healthcare's CEO testified on Tuesday as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's efforts to preserve the health care technology company's value as an "independent" source of health insurance claims data for UnitedHealth Group's insurer rivals, only to repeatedly argue that the agency's challenge to the $13.8 billion proposed merger has it all wrong.

  10. August 01, 2022

    DOJ Stresses Risks Of UnitedHealth $13.8B Buy In Court

    The U.S. Department of Justice urged a D.C. federal judge in opening arguments Monday to block UnitedHealth Group's planned $13.8 billion purchase of health care technology outfit Change Healthcare, arguing any consequences for abusing data access matter little for an insurance technology unit "dwarfed" by the more profitable UnitedHealthcare.