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December 14, 2004
UnitedHealthcare Settles Medicare Charges
UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle charges that it defrauded the Medicare program, the Justice Department said on Monday.
The settlement relates to charges that, from 1996 through 2000, UnitedHealthcare telephone representatives knowingly mishandled phone inquiries from Medicare beneficiaries and providers, then falsely reported its performance information to the federal agency charged with administering the Medicare program.
Posted by Tom Troceen