UnitedHealth Group is one insurer offering Medicare Advantage plans, which cover about one third of people on Medicare. The Justice Department has joined a California whistleblower’s lawsuit that accuses insurance giant UnitedHealth Group of fraud in its …
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that targets the country’s current asbestos injury compensation system and another that aims to weed out unmeritorious class action claims. Early Wednesday, the committee passed the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency, or FACT, Act of 2017 by a vote of 19-11. The panel, in a vote later in the day, passed the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, 19-12. House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., praised the FACT Act’s approval. …
A federal review of health insurers operating Medicare Advantage plans shows that 35 health plans overbilled the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Center for Public Integrity reported on August 29. Fred Schulte, a CPI senior reporter, said the center obtained 37 MA plan audits …
Trump University Students Say They Were Pressured to Give Rave Reviews Professors stood by and watched their students complete the class evaluations and, in some cases, instructed the students to give them the highest rating. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Plymouth State University, February 7, 2016, in Plymouth, New Hampshire. By Rachel …