UnitedHealthcare is in hot water again as the insurance giant grapples with a reported government investigation of its Medicare billing practices, pursues employee buyouts and potential layoffs and clashes publicly with billionaire Bill Ackman.Those developments in recent days extend a tumultuous past year for its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, marked by the killing of a top executive, a costly cyberattack against its subsidiary and high medical costs in its insurance arm. UnitedHealth Group is the big ...

ToplineShares of UnitedHealth Group sank Friday following a report on a fresh federal probe into the U.S.’ largest health insurer, the latest development in a turbulent stretch on Wall Street for the company as its business practices come under scrutiny.UnitedHealth Group subsidiary UnitedHealthcare's Minnesota headquarters.Getty Images for People's Action Institute Key FactsThe Wall Street Journal reported the Department of Justice is conducting a civil fraud probe into UnitedHealth’s billing practices for ...

The Justice Department has reportedly launched a civil fraud investigation into UnitedHealth Group Inc’s UNH Medicare billing practices.The probe began in recent months and will examine UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage plans and physician groups following reports that the company received billions in federal payments for questionable diagnoses.Also Read: UnitedHealth’s Strong Member Loyalty Powers Analyst Growth ForecastsThe insurance giant is already under scrutiny. In January, the Federal Trade Commissio ...

In this photo illustration the UnitedHealth Group logo displayed on a smartphone screen.UnitedHealth shares sank after The Wall Street Journal reported that the insurer's Medicare billing protocols are under Justice Department investigation.Shares of the Minnesota-based company slid around 11.5% before the bell. That slide weighed on Dow Jones Industrial Average futures, which were down nearly 200 points.The investigation is focused on UnitedHealth's Medicare billing practices, sources familiar with the mat ...

The latest trading session saw UnitedHealth Group (UNH) ending at $502.42, denoting a -1.69% adjustment from its last day's close. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.43%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 1.01%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 0.47%.Heading into today, shares of the largest U.S. health insurer had lost 1.67% over the past month, lagging the Medical sector's gain of 4.6% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.6% in that time.Market participants will be closely following the financial resul ...

The Health Care sector has been the worst of the 11 S&P 500 areas in the past 12 months, but we've seen some periods of modest relative strength in the last three months. Moreover, among small caps, Health Care is actually the bestFreelance Financial Writer | Investments | Markets | Personal Finance | RetirementI create written content used in various formats including articles, blogs, emails, and social media for financial advisors and investment firms in a cost-efficient way. My passion is putting a narra ...

UnitedHealthcare is offering certain employees in its benefits operations unit the option to accept buyouts if they quit by March 3, following a tumultuous year for the insurance giant, CNBC has learned.Those who don't accept the offer will either continue in their current role or a comparable position, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC. If the company does not meet a resignation quota through buyouts, it will lay employees off, the people said, citing an internal resource site. The company decl ...

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) is now trading 17% below its 52-week high, prompting some investors to consider it a buying opportunity. However, a deeper look is required before making a decision. The health insurance giant has fallen 11.3% over the past three months, underperforming both its industry peers in the Zacks Medical - HMOs industry and the broader S&P 500 Index. In comparison, Elevance Health, Inc. (ELV) has declined just 2.9%, while Humana Inc. (HUM) has slipped 6.5% over the same period ...

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