Senate: UnitedHealth Used Aggressive Tactics to Boost Medicare Payments

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group used aggressive tactics to gather diagnoses that can boost Medicare Advantage payments, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a US Senate committee investigating the company’s practices.

The Senate report makes no formal recommendations and does not accuse UnitedHealth of wrongdoing. (Photo: Business Wire) 

Shares of the company were down 1.4% to $339.42 in premarket trading. The Senate report makes no formal recommendations and does not accuse UnitedHealth of wrongdoing, Reuters also reported.

The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Earlier, UnitedHealth committed to improvements following initial independent audit findings that criticized the health insurer.