
Christopher Weaver
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
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4 weeks 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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2 months ago |
jp.wsj.com | Christopher Weaver |Anna Wilde Mathews
米司法省はここ数カ月で、医療保険・管理医療サービス大手ユナイテッドヘルス・グループのメディケア(高齢者・障害者向け公的医療保険)プランの請求慣行を巡って調査に乗り出した。事情に詳しい複数の関係者が明らかにした。 この新たな民事調査の焦点は、ユナイテッドヘルスの「メディケア・アドバンテージ」プランへの支払額を膨らませるような診断記録の慣行だ。同社傘下の医師グループの業務慣行も調査対象になっている。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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RT @WSJPR: .@WSJ was named as a 2025 @ShorensteinCtr Goldsmith Prize finalist for its series on health insurers racking up billions in extr…

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

UnitedHealth gave doctors checklists and bonuses linked to diagnosing the company’s Medicare Advantage patients. The process helped increase Medicare payments by billions. https://t.co/vMW2LL3rQ2 via @WSJ