The probe is analyzing the company’s practice of frequently logging diagnoses that trigger larger payments to its Medicare Advantage plans, according to a report.

The murder of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson divided the nation with some condemning the crime, and others seemingly offering insensitive reactions to what happened.

The US Justice Department has launched a civil fraud investigation into the organization's Medicare billing practices.

While Luigi Mangione today stands trial for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the U.S. Justice Department is launching a civil fraud investigation into the conglomerate’s Medicare billing practices.

UnitedHealth Group shares tumbled early Friday on a report that the U.S. Department of Justice has started an investigation into the health care giant’s Medicare billing practices. The Wall Street Journal said federal officials have launched a civil fraud investigation into how the company records diagnoses that lead to extra payments for its

Luigi Mangione appeared in New York State Court to face murder and terror charges for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to CNN.

UnitedHealth Group stock fell sharply Friday following a report that said the Justice Department had launched a civil fraud investigation into the company’s Medicare billing practices.The DOJ probe aims to examine the healthcare company’s practices for documenting diagnoses that trigger extra payments to its Medicare Advantage plans,

The Wall Street Journal says the U.S. Justice Department in recent months has launched an investigation into UnitedHealth Group’s billing practices to see if the company fraudulently used diagnosis data to trigger extra Medicare Advantage payments.

UnitedHealth Group is under investigation by the Justice Department for its Medicare Advantage billing practices, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The civil fraud probe is looking at whether diagnoses were routinely made to trigger extra payments.

Medicare Advantage plans are offered by private insurers ... which is the largest private health insurer in the U.S. A gunman killed Brian Thompson, then-CEO of UnitedHealth's insurance unit, in New York City late last year when the executive was in ...

Those records allegedly showed that patients who joined Medicare Advantage plans saw “huge increases ... On December 4, a gunman fatally shot Brian Thompson, CEO of UHG’s UnitedHealthcare unit, as he arrived for an early-morning investors conference ...

UnitedHealth Group called The Wall Street Journal's report "misinformation" and said it was unaware of reported investigaiton.