UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has been in the news frequently over the last 9 months. CEO Brian Thompson was shot back in December and his alleged killer, Luigi Mangione, is facing trial for the crime.
Now UHC is back in the news, this time as it faces a federal investigation into its Medicare businesses:
BREAKING: UnitedHealth says it is under a federal criminal and civil investigation regarding its Medicare business and is cooperating. Follow live updates. https://t.co/YsnTxozH4v
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 24, 2025
Shares of UnitedHealth Group dove early Thursday after the health care giant said it was under a Department of Justice investigation. The company said it has started complying with both criminal and civil requests from federal investigators, and it was working cooperatively with them.
“(UnitedHealth) has a long record of responsible conduct and effective compliance,” the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal said federal officials had launched a civil fraud investigation into how the company records diagnoses that lead to extra payments for its Medicare Advantage, or MA, plans. Those are privately run versions of the government’s Medicare coverage program, mostly for people ages 65 and over.
UHC issued a statement today:
We released the following statement today regarding criminal and civil requests from the Department of Justice related to certain aspects of our participation in the Medicare program. https://t.co/vy2q8ovHc7
— UnitedHealth Group (@UnitedHealthGrp) July 24, 2025
UnitedHealth Group (the “Company”) proactively reached out to the Department of Justice after reviewing media reports about investigations into certain aspects of the Company’s participation in the Medicare program. The Company has now begun complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the Department. The Company has full confidence in its practices and is committed to working cooperatively with the Department throughout this process.
The Company has a long record of responsible conduct and effective compliance. Independent CMS audits confirm that the Company’s practices are among the most accurate in the industry, and, following a decade-long civil challenge by the Department to aspects of our Medicare Advantage business, a court-appointed Special Master concluded there was no evidence to support claims of wrongdoing.
To provide our stakeholders transparency and confidence in the Company’s practices, the Company, as previously announced, has proactively launched its own initiative to conduct third party reviews of policies, practices, and associated processes and performance metrics for risk assessment coding, managed care practices, and pharmacy services.
The Company is committed to maintaining the integrity of its business practices and serving as reliable stewards of American tax dollars.
The investigations are ongoing.
Obamacare made all these insurance scam artists billionaires.
— Elvis Knevil (@ElvisKnevil) July 24, 2025
Obamacare damaged health insurance, and by design.
Oh great.
— HedleyLamarr 🇮🇱 ✊🐾 🎗️ (@HedleyLamarr10) July 24, 2025
I have United Healthcare. Medicare Advantage
Senior health care and insurance sucks. Truly.
Anyone who has a UHC plan has to be looking at this with a concerned eye.
The pro-Mangione crowd was cheering on this news:
Luigi is the Malcolm X of the US healthcare industry https://t.co/iSKaJZwdVS
— rbrownie (@rbrowny40) July 24, 2025
It’s crazy it only took one man to get the ball rolling https://t.co/gB7VOnUkxt
— kingofsomber (@tony4strings) July 24, 2025
Crazy is one way of putting it.
I keep saying that if you want to find Medicaid fraud, look at the providers, not the insured. I guess I should amend that to include insurance companies. https://t.co/FteVYRnkXW
— Claudette Konola 🟧(She/her/hers) (@Konola4Colorado) July 24, 2025
It's clear the Trump DOJ is determined to weed out fraud, waste, and abuse of our systems so they work for the people who need them.
Americans.
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