UnitedHealth Hit With $1M Fine for Failing To Comply With NY Contraceptive Law
UnitedHealth Hit With $1M Fine for Failing To Comply With NY Contraceptive Law
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) has agreed to a $1 million penalty for failing to cover all federally approved birth control methods as required by New York state law.
聯合健康集團（紐約證券交易所：UNH）同意支付100萬美元罰款，因未按照紐約州法律規定覆蓋所有聯邦批准的避孕方法。
The settlement, announced by New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, mandates that UnitedHealthcare of New York also refund individuals who were wrongfully denied coverage.
紐約司法部長Letitia James週四宣佈的和解協議，要求紐約聯合健康保險公司還款給那些被錯誤拒絕保險理賠的個人。
Eligible consumers will receive payment in the mail and those with potential claims will be notified and asked to submit a claim.
符合條件的消費者將通過郵件收到賠償款，那些可能有索賠的人將被通知並被要求提出索賠。
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The agreement resolves an investigation initiated by a complaint from a Brooklyn patient whose prescribed oral contraceptive was denied by the insurer.
協議解決了一起由布魯克林病人投訴引發的調查，該病人的避孕藥方遭到了保險公司的拒絕。
New York's Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act (CCCA), effective since 2020, requires insurers to cover FDA-approved contraceptives without copays, restrictions, or delays.
紐約全面避孕覆蓋法案（CCCA）自2020年起生效，要求保險公司在不收取任何費用、不設限制、不延遲的情況下提供FDA批准的避孕措施。
The CCCA also requires health insurers to cover at least one version of approved contraceptives if there are multiple therapeutically equivalent drugs.
CCCA還要求健康保險公司在有多種治療學等效藥物的情況下至少覆蓋一種被批准的避孕藥品。
Reuters notes that the state law extends beyond the federal Affordable Care Act, which does not mandate coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptives without restrictions.
路透社指出，該州法律超出了聯邦平價醫保法案的範圍，該法案並不要求爲所有不受限制的FDA批准避孕措施提供覆蓋。
Patients who paid out-of-pocket for contraception can file claims for reimbursement, with an additional 12% interest, through James' office.
未通過保險理賠支付避孕費用的患者可以通過James辦公室提出報銷索賠，同時還有額外的12％利息。
UnitedHealthcare apologized for the delay in access to a specific brand of progestin-only oral contraceptive in New York and is working to resolve these claims with its members.
聯合健康保險爲在紐約地區無法使用某個品牌的孕激素口服避孕藥的延遲道歉，並正在與其會員解決這些問題。
Reuters notes that UnitedHealth recently issued a notice regarding a ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit.
路透社指出，美國聯合健康最近發佈了一份關於其Change Healthcare部門遭到勒索軟件攻擊的通知。
The February hack, carried out by the Russian ransomware gang BlackCat, potentially exposed private data for an estimated one-third of the country.
2月份的黑客攻擊是由俄羅斯勒索軟件團伙BlackCat發起的，可能泄露了該國三分之一人的個人數據。
UnitedHealth stated it will begin mailing notification letters to affected individuals in late July and is offering free credit monitoring for two years.
聯合健康公司表示將於7月底開始向受影響的個人發送通知信，並提供兩年免費信用監控。
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it plans to close the advance payments program, which has started to help some Medicare providers and suppliers affected by disruptions at UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare technology unit.
最近，美國醫療保險和醫療補助服務中心表示計劃關閉提前支付計劃，該計劃已開始爲一些因聯合健康Change Healthcare技術部門干擾而受影響的醫療保險提供者和供應商提供幫助。
Price Action: UNH shares are up 0.37% at $486.33 at last check Friday.
UNH股票最近檢查時上漲0.37％，報486.33美元。
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