Posted 2/27/2024, 11:55:51 PM
Justice Department Probes UnitedHealth Over Alleged Anticompetitive Practices Between Insurer and Optum Units
- U.S. Department of Justice launched an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group
- Investigators interviewing healthcare representatives about UnitedHealth's relationships between its health insurance and Optum health services units
-Examining if UnitedHealth is improperly characterizing patients' illnesses to increase Medicare payments
- Investigating whether UnitedHealth's doctor-group acquisitions negatively impact rivals and consumers
- UnitedHealth completed acquisition of Change Healthcare last year despite initial DOJ lawsuit to block it