UnitedHealth says it is facing DOJ investigation over Medicare billing practices

UnitedHealth Group addresses DOJ investigations | FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

Thursday night, the insurance giant admits it is under at least two DOJ investigations for allegedly defrauding the federal taxpayer-funded medicare program.

UnitedHealth probed over medicare billing, says it's cooperating with DOJ

UnitedHealth Group is cooperating with federal probes into Medicare Advantage billing practices, asserting confidence in its compliance and commitment to working with authorities.

UnitedHealth says it's complying with DOJ probes into Medicare practices

Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed in a securities filing on Thursday, July 24, that it is cooperating with a Department of Justice investigation into its Medicare billing practices. The Wall Street Journal reported in a series of articles that UnitedHealth billed extra diagnoses to its Medicare Advantage programs to inflate its payments from the federal government. Kuai Leong, senior deputy general counsel and deputy corporate secreta…

Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group says it’s under federal investigation

ST. PAUL — Minnesota-based health insurance giant UnitedHealth confirmed Thursday that the company is under federal investigation and cooperating. A July 24 press release from UnitedHealth said the company proactively reached out to the Department of Justice following “media reports” of investigations into their company regarding “aspects of the Company’s participation in the Medicare program.” The group confirmed Thursday that it’s officially c…

UnitedHealth Group reports investigation

UnitedHealth Group says it is cooperating with federal criminal and civil investigations involving its market-leading Medicare business.

UnitedHealth Group Says It Is Cooperating With a DOJ Investigation

The healthcare giant has had a difficult few years.