
Christopher Weaver
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
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1 day ago |
wsj.com | Anna Wilde Mathews |Christopher Weaver
Andrew Witty steps down after steep share decline; Chairman Stephen Hemsley returns as CEOUnitedHealth Group said Chairman Stephen Hemsley will return to running the healthcare giant he helped build, succeeding Chief Executive Andrew Witty. Effective immediately, Witty is stepping down for “personal reasons,” the company said. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Subscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign In
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Christopher Weaver |Anna Mathews |Tom McGinty |Andrew Mollica
How the Journal analyzed Medicaid dataThe Journal identified duplicative Medicaid payments to insurers companies using a national database of Medicaid services and payments called T-MSIS. For recipients enrolled in Medicaid managed-care plans, the Journal identified all monthly premium payments to their insurers based on a criteria used by the federal agency overseeing Medicaid.
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2 months ago |
wsj.com | Anna Wilde Mathews |Christopher Weaver
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Playing0:17 / 4:43Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Medicare agency, said some actions by private insurers in the Medicare Advantage program amounted to fraud and cheating, and he intended to go after them as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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2 months ago |
wsj.com | Christopher Weaver |Anna Wilde Mathews
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty a letter demanding detailed information on the company’s Medicare billing practices Monday.
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2 months ago |
wsj.com | Christopher Weaver |Anna Wilde Mathews
The Issues With Health Insurance Companies, Explained by DoctorsYour browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 5:54The Issues With Health Insurance Companies, Explained by DoctorsPlay video: The Issues With Health Insurance Companies, Explained by DoctorsSen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive Andrew Witty a letter demanding detailed information on the company’s Medicare billing practices Monday.
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Our @WSJ investigation of the dubious Medicare Advantage practices that cost taxpayers billions and enriched giant insures won an IRE Award. Love the citation: "Not the most exciting topic..." Thank you @IRE_NICAR! https://t.co/DMtVLhvZmQ

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Our latest, reporting DOJ is looking at UnitedHealth Medicare billing practices. This is separate from the antitrust probe and follows our year-long investigation of UnitedHealth and other Medicare Advantage insurers. Find those stories here: https://t.co/NJ9eNEpuoj

The Justice Department is probing billing practices at UnitedHealth Group that triggered extra payments to its Medicare Advantage plans, people familiar with the matter say https://t.co/TGdhbb5Xf6