UnitedHealth Under Suspicion for Possible Medicare Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating UnitedHealth Group for possible criminal Medicare fraud related to its Medicare Advantage business. Investigation against UnitedHealth for Medicare billing The U.S. Department of Justice has recently launched a civil fraud investigation against UnitedHealth Group. The focus is on the practice of capturing diagnoses that lead to higher payments under the Medicare Advantage program. These investigations follow reports that UnitedHealth may have received billions through questionable diagnostic practices....