A federal judge has approved a settlement agreed to in January, ending a class-action lawsuit filed against Minneapolis-based
Lawrence McKenna, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, signed off on the deal, which stems from a suit filed by the
The $350 million settlement is attached to a separate deal between UnitedHealth Group and the New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that stipulates that UnitedHealth will stop using a database from Eden Prairie, Minn.-based
“The court’s approval is an important step in finalizing a settlement that recognizes UnitedHealth’s flawed payment scheme resulted in significant damages to physicians who provided out-of-network care to patients enrolled with UnitedHealth,” AMA Immediate Past President Nancy Nielsen, M.D. said in a statement.
According to the court's preliminary approval order, a formal notice of settlement will be publicized and circulated to class members.