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In 2010 UnitedHealth Group hired nine different lobbying firms to work on its behalf. [101] In addition, its corporate political action committee (PAC), called United for Health, spent an additional $1 million on lobbying activities. [102] UnitedHealth Group subsequently spent $4.11 million to $4.75 million from 2011 to 2021. [100]
Catamaran Corporation (formerly SXC Health Solutions) is the former name of a company that now operates within UnitedHealth Group's OptumRX division (since July 2015). It sells pharmacy benefit management and medical record keeping services to businesses in the United States [3] and to a broad client portfolio, including health plans and employers. [4]
The Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 is a set of Californian laws that regulate Healthcare Service Plans. Under these laws, pharmacy benefit managers with contracts to Health care service plans are required by law to be registered with the Department of Managed Health Care to disclose information. [58] SB 966: Pharmacy benefits
Open season is a prominent feature of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program during which some three million federal civilian employees and retirees may choose among several dozen health insurance plans [1] for the coming year. Open season is scheduled in the fall each year, and plan enrollment decisions take effect in the following ...
In the United States, a self-funded health plan is generally established by an employer as its own legal entity, similar to a trust.The health plan has its own assets, which, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), must be segregated from the employer's general assets.
A Defined Contribution Health Benefit is a consumer-driven health care scheme in the United States in which employers choose a set dollar amount to contribute towards an employee's healthcare. Under a Defined Contribution Health Plan the employee is responsible for researching and purchasing his or her own insurance policy .
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C., that produces original research about health, savings, retirement, personal finance and economic security issues, including 401(k) and retirement plan coverage data, [2] post-retirement income adequacy, [3] health coverage and the uninsured, [4] and economic security of the ...
In December 2005, the company was acquired by UnitedHealth Group. [7] At that time, the company had 705,000 Medicare enrollees. [8] The company continued to market health plans under the PacifiCare and SecureHorizons names until 2011, when it changed to the UnitedHealthcare name. [9]