DOJ launches probe into UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices after investigative reports

DOJ launches probe into UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices after investigative reports 
MSN; by Taylor Herzlich; 3/22/25 
The Department of Justice has reportedly launched an investigation into UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare billing practices as scrutiny over the health insurance industry intensifies — sending the company’s stock plummeting.The probe is analyzing the company’s practice of frequently logging diagnoses that trigger larger payments to its Medicare Advantage plans, according to The Wall Street Journal. UnitedHealth shares plunged nearly 9% Friday. A series of Wall Street Journal reports last year found that Medicare paid UnitedHealth billions of dollars for questionable diagnoses.