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The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against UMR alleging that the subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group improperly denied thousands of emergency department and drug screening claims without assessing their merit. UMR is a third-party administrator that contracts with almost 2,140 self-funded plans to adjudicate their claims.
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