Here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries that Becker's has reported since Dec. 13:
1. UnitedHealth Group and the Justice Department disagree on a date for trial that will determine the fate of the company's planned merger with Amedisys.
2. A Massachusetts court ordered three UnitedHealth-owned insurers to pay over $165 million for engaging in widespread deceptive practices that misled thousands of consumers into purchasing supplemental health insurance they didn't need. The deceptive practices occurred primarily between 2012 and 2016, before UnitedHealth purchased the companies in 2019.
3. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare agreed to pay $1.67 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing them of using automated technology to send voice messages to individuals without their consent.
4. UnitedHealth Group is the world's largest insurer by net premiums written for a 10th year in a row, according to AM Best's annual ranking.
5. UnitedHealth Group optimized its ability to increase Medicare Advantage members' sickness scores and corresponding government payments by directly employing thousands of physicians at Optum and integrating sophisticated software tools into clinical workflows, according to an investigation from The Wall Street Journal.
6. The suspect accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson pleaded not guilty on Dec. 23 to state charges of terrorism and murder.
7. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, alleging the company violated state consumer protection and data security laws after the February ransomware attack.
8. UnitedHealth Group agreed to pay $69 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company prioritized its business relationship with Wells Fargo over concerns that its 401(k) plan contained low-performing target-date funds.
9. UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty expressed sympathy with the public's frustrations with the healthcare system in a Dec. 13 op-ed published in The New York Times.
10. Coming in at 105, UnitedHealth Group was the highest-ranking health insurer on the Drucker Institute's 2025 list of the 250 best-managed companies.