United States of America v. United Health Group, Inc. et al

  1. January 01, 2018

    Health Care Cases To Watch In 2018

    Health care lawyers will kick off 2018 with a sprawling assortment of crucial cases to watch, including multibillion-dollar battles over Medicare reimbursement, Affordable Care Act spending and False Claims Act liability. Here are the key cases to watch in 2018.

  2. December 11, 2017

    UnitedHealth Wants Out Of Medicare FCA Suit

    UnitedHealth Group Inc. on Friday urged a California federal court to scrap a False Claims Act suit claiming the insurer overcharged Medicare by submitting information that made patients seem sicker than they were, arguing the federal government knew about submission errors but didn't consider them important.

  3. May 16, 2017

    Feds Take Over Whistleblower's UnitedHealth Overbilling Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday officially took on a whistleblower's claims accusing UnitedHealth Group Inc. of overcharging Medicare by submitting false information that made patients appear sicker than they were.

  4. February 17, 2017

    Feds Join FCA Suit Targeting UnitedHealth Billing

    The federal government has intervened in a whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit that accuses UnitedHealth Group Inc. and 12 other health plans of pretending their members were sicker than they were in an effort to overcharge Medicare by hundreds of millions of dollars.