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UMR, a third-party administrator owned by UnitedHealth, has agreed to pay at least $20.25 million to resolve a U.S. Labor Department civil suit over claim-review processes.
Vincent Micone III, the acting secretary in charge of the department, has asked two judges at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin to approve a consent order and judgment that could end the case, according to a motion that was filed with the court Friday.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
