UnitedHealth used ‘aggressive’ tactics to boost Medicare payments, WSJ reports

UnitedHealth (UNH) used aggressive tactics to collect payment-boosting diagnoses for Medicare Advantage members, according to a Senate committee, The Wall Street Journal’s Christopher Weaver reports. The company’s internal documents revealed strategies like diagnosing conditions without confirmation and incentivizing doctors for potential diagnoses. UnitedHealth faces several investigations into its practices, including civil and criminal probes by the Justice Department that the company disclosed in July. Shares of UnitedHealth are down over 1% in premarket trading.