A court-appointed special master has found that U.S. authorities do not have evidence to support their billion-dollar fraud case accusing UnitedHealth Group of keeping overpayments from the government for patients on its Medicare insurance plans.
The recommendation by Special Master Suzanne Segal on Monday is not a final ruling, but if it is adopted by U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin, it would end the U.S. Department of Justice's claims against the health insurer.
"After more than a decade of DOJ’s wasteful and expensive challenge to our Medicare Advantage business, the Special Master concluded there was no evidence to support the DOJ’s claims we were overpaid or that we did anything wrong," UnitedHealth said.
