DOJ launches probe into Medicare billing practices at UnitedHealth, WSJ reports
- The U.S. Department of Justice has initiated a civil fraud investigation into UnitedHealth Group's Medicare billing practices, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- UnitedHealth Group's shares fell by 12 percent after the fraud investigation was reported, with the company's stock losing more than $100.
- Physicians have indicated that UnitedHealth encouraged misleading diagnoses through training and software, raising concerns about the accuracy of medical billing.
- Doctors have claimed that UnitedHealth trained them to document profit-generating diagnoses, some of which were deemed questionable.
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