News Briefs: UnitedHealth Acknowledges DOJ Probe Into Medicare Billing

Jul 25
Jul 25, 2025

UnitedHealth Group for the first time acknowledged in a July 24 Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it had “begun complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the Dept. of Justice (DOJ). The disclosure occurred two weeks after the Wall Street Journal reported that federal government officials have interviewed former UnitedHealth employees as part of an investigation into the company’s Medicare billing practices.

News of the investigation first broke in March 2024; at the time, an internal UnitedHealth email shared with AIS Health informed select employees that the DOJ had begun a “non-public antitrust investigation” into the company. In its new SEC filing, UnitedHealth said it has “full confidence in its practices and is committed to working cooperatively with the [DOJ] throughout this process.”
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Tim Casey

Tim has been a reporter and editor for newspapers, websites and magazines for more than 20 years, including 10 years covering health care business topics. He has a deep knowledge of the managed care industry and pharmacy benefit management. He also has experience covering medical conferences and clinical and legislative health care issues. In 2014, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected Tim as one of 15 journalists to participate in a national symposium on the Affordable Care Act. Tim has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.