UnitedHealth Faces DOJ Investigations Over Medicare Billing Practices
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Summary
UnitedHealth Group is facing Department of Justice investigations into its Medicare billing practices, with the company revealing in a securities filing that it has begun complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the DOJ. The company has also launched a third-party review of its business policies and performance metrics, and reached out to the DOJ after reports of the probes surfaced. This adds to existing challenges for the nation's largest private insurer.
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the company said that it has started complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the DOJ
UnitedHealth also said it has launched a third-party review of its business policies and performance metrics
the company reached out to the department after reports of the probes surfaced
In a securities filing, UnitedHealth said it has begun complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the DOJ.
