UnitedHealthcare Inks Settlement Over Mental Health Coverage (4)

United Healthcare Insurance Co., United Behavioral Health, and Oxford Health Insurance Inc. will collectively pay more than $15.6 million to settle allegations they violated the federal mental health parity law.

The companies will pay $10 million to resolve claims by government and private litigants, $2.5 million to resolve claims brought by the Labor Department, and $1.1 million for claims brought by the New York attorney general, and over $2 million in penalties, according to two settlement agreements filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

The companies, which administer employer-sponsored health plans, are ...