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Medicare Advantage ‘Coding’ Loopholes Targeted in New Bill
A new bill to improve the way Medicare Advantage (MA) providers determine patients’ health risks, to eliminate overpayment.
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About 500,000 Louisianans use Medicare Advantage. But critics say it's overcharging.
Medicare Advantage, the privately run insurance on which roughly 500,000 older Louisiana residents rely for health care, is ...
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Class Action Accuses UnitedHealthcare of Misleading Seniors Into Giving Up Medicare Benefits
In a closely watched national class action involving allegations of UnitedHealthcare's predatory practices and Medicare Advantage fraud, U.S. District Judge Monica Ramirez ...
UnitedHealth Will Cooperate With Federal Probe of Its Medicare Billing Practices
On Thursday, the giant health care conglomerate announced that it had “proactively reached out” to the Justice Department, ...
UnitedHealth says DOJ is investigating company after it denied inquiry
Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group said Thursday the Department of Justice is investigating the company for its Medicare ...
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UnitedHealthcare Under Federal Investigation Over Medicare Advantage Practices
UnitedHealth Group has disclosed that it is under both criminal and civil investigation by the Department of Justice regarding its Medicare Advantage operations. The company stated in a filing with ...
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UnitedHealth confirms federal investigation into MA practices
UPDATED: July 24 at 10 a.m. ET UnitedHealth Group formally acknowledged an ongoing federal investigation into its Medicare Advantage practices for the first time Thursday in a new securities filing.
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UnitedHealth will review Medicare practices under federal scrutiny - STAT
UnitedHealth conducting ‘comprehensive review’ of Medicare practices that are facing federal scrutiny, new CEO says Coding, pharmacy operations, and doctors groups all under review ...
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Humana to Back Curbs to Medicare Advantage Billing Practices
Humana HUM 0.48%, the second-biggest Medicare insurer, has told congressional staffers that it will support moves that would curtail billing practices worth billions in extra payments to the ...
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Medicare Advantage marketing practices raise concerns for kidney ...
A new study published in JAMA Network Open reveals significant concerns about Medicare Advantage (MA) marketing practices and their impact on patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The ...
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Humana to back reforms for Medicare billing practices (HUM:NYSE)
Humana to support reforms for Medicare Advantage billing practices: WSJ Jun. 05, 2025 9:18 AM ET Humana Inc. (HUM) Stock CVS, UNH, CI ALHC By: Dulan Lokuwithana, SA News Editor 2 Comments ...
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Humana to back curbs to Medicare Advantage billing practices, WSJ ...
Nearly half of the 65 million people covered by Medicare, the U.S. program for people aged 65 and older or with disabilities, are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans run by private insurers.