{"id":2405618,"date":"2025-02-22T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondis-doj-launches-fraud-investigation-of-unitedhealth-same-insurer-whose-ceo-was-assassinated\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T18:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T23:53:09","slug":"bondis-doj-launches-fraud-investigation-of-unitedhealth-same-insurer-whose-ceo-was-assassinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondis-doj-launches-fraud-investigation-of-unitedhealth-same-insurer-whose-ceo-was-assassinated\/","title":{"rendered":"Bondi&#8217;s DOJ Launches Fraud Investigation of UnitedHealth, Same Insurer Whose CEO Was Assassinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbondis-doj-launches-fraud-investigation-of-unitedhealth-same-insurer-whose-ceo-was-assassinated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405618&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Justice Department, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, is investigating UnitedHealth Group&#8217;s Medicare billing practices. This comes shortly after the assassination\u200c of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare.\u200d The \u200dexamination focuses on potential civil fraud related to how\u200b diagnoses \u2064are recorded to secure higher payments \u2062from Medicare Advantage plans. The attorneys are\u200b looking into whether UnitedHealth Group&#8217;s processes\u2064 incentivize the over-diagnosis of conditions for increased payouts. It\u2063 has been reported that the government has previously paid\u200d billions to UnitedHealth for\u2062 questionable diagnosis claims. \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Along with \u200bthe fraud investigation, the\u2064 Justice \u2063Department is also pursuing an antitrust investigation against the company, particularly concerning its\u200d planned $3.3 billion \u2064acquisition of the \u200bhome\u2062 healthcare firm Amedisys.\u2063 UnitedHealth has denied\u2062 any \u2062wrongdoing, asserting that the Journal&#8217;s reports contain misinformation and claiming their \u200dpractices comply with established guidelines. Furthermore, the \u2062investigation follows a violent incident, as the CEO\u200c was killed,\u200b and\u2062 the suspected assailant, Luigi \u200bMangione, has been \u200didentified and arrested.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department, now headed by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, is reportedly investigating Medicare billing practices from UnitedHealth Group, a move which comes weeks after the assassination of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of subsidiary UnitedHealthcare.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/documents-and-texts-reveal-hunter-biden-spent-30k-on-prostitutes-in-5-months\/\" title=\"Documents and Texts Reveal Hunter Biden Spent k on Prostitutes in 5 Months\">reportedly examining<\/a> possible civil fraud linked to UnitedHealth Group&rsquo;s practices for recording diagnoses that allow for extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans, according to a Friday exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/health\/healthcare\/unitedhealth-medicare-doj-diagnosis-investigation-66b9f1db\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>That includes potential fraud at physician groups owned by UnitedHealth Group.<\/p>\n<p>Insurers receive payments under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-harris-raided-medicare-fund-green-new-deal-premiums-now-set-spike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medicare<\/a> Advantage system to oversee benefits for enrollees, but the payments increase when certain diagnoses are discovered.<\/p>\n<p>That creates an incentive to diagnose more ailments and receive more payouts.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The Journal previously reported that Medicare paid UnitedHealth Group billions of dollars for &ldquo;questionable diagnoses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Justice Department attorneys have been interviewing some of the same medical providers mentioned in the outlet&rsquo;s investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department is also pursuing an antitrust probe against UnitedHealth Group, and has filed to prevent the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-spike-number-americans-concerned-future-medicare-social-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insurance<\/a> behemoth&rsquo;s $3.3 billion potential acquisition of home healthcare company Amedisys.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reported civil fraud investigation<\/a> is separate from those cases.<\/p>\n<p>UnitedHealth Group accused the Journal in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedhealthgroup.com\/newsroom\/2025\/2025-2-21-statement-regarding-medicare-advantage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> of reporting &ldquo;misinformation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The government regularly reviews all MA plans to ensure compliance and we consistently perform at the industry&rsquo;s highest levels on those reviews,&rdquo; the company said. &ldquo;We are not aware of the &lsquo;launch&rsquo; of any &lsquo;new&rsquo; activity as reported by the Journal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are aware, however, that the Journal has engaged in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-residents-wont-visit-riot-ravaged-trashed-and-sad-downtown\/\" title=\"Portland Residents Won\u2019t Visit Riot-Ravaged, \u2018Trashed\u2019 And \u2018Sad\u2019 Downtown\">year-long campaign<\/a> to defend a legacy system that rewards volume over keeping patients healthy and addressing their underlying conditions,&rdquo; the company claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any suggestion that our practices are fraudulent is outrageous and false.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Journal nevertheless stood by its reporting.<\/p>\n<p>The reported investigation into UnitedHealth Group comes after Brian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wife-assassinated-unitedhealthcare-ceo-speaks-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thompson<\/a>, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was assassinated in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected assassin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspect-ceo-killing-identified-ivy-league-graduate-penned-chilling-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luigi Mangione<\/a>, was later arrested at a McDonald&rsquo;s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, more than 200 miles away from the site of the killing.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate and son of a wealthy Maryland family, who has since emerged as a hero of the anti-capitalist left, wrote a manifesto that reflected the ideology of Ted Kaczynski, the terrorist known as the Unabomber.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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This investigation follows the recent assassination of Brian Thompson, CEO of its subsidiary UnitedHealthcare. Attorneys are examining potential civil fraud related to how UnitedHealth Group records diagnoses that enable additional payments to Medicare Advantage plans, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. This includes possible fraud at physician groups owned by the company. Insurers receive increased payments under the Medicare Advantage system when certain diagnoses are identified, creating an incentive for more diagnoses and higher payouts.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal previously noted that Medicare paid UnitedHealth Group billions for &#8220;questionable diagnoses.&#8221; Justice Department attorneys have been interviewing some medical providers mentioned in these investigations. Additionally, there is an ongoing antitrust probe against UnitedHealth Group regarding its $3.3 billion proposed acquisition of home healthcare firm Amedisys; this civil fraud investigation is separate from those matters.<\/p>\n<p>UnitedHealth Group has accused the Journal of spreading &#8220;misinformation,&#8221; asserting that they consistently meet compliance standards during government reviews and denying any awareness of a &#8220;new&#8221; investigation as claimed by the Journal. They also criticized the publication for allegedly defending a system prioritizing volume over patient health and labeled any claims of fraudulent practices as outrageous and false.<\/p>\n<p>This investigation follows the assassination of Brian Thompson in New York City; his suspected killer was arrested later in Pennsylvania. The suspect has been linked to anti-capitalist ideologies similar to those espoused by Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture-39.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45543,50895,7076,42812,50894],"class_list":["post-2405618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bondi","tag-ceo-assassination","tag-doj","tag-fraud-investigation","tag-unitedhealth"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture-39.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405618"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405622,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405618\/revisions\/2405622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}