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Major payor accused of inflating Medicaid claims

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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell. Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Democracy Forward

A lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts attorney general alleges the nation’s largest health insurance company produced systemic overstatements and years of excess reimbursements.

The Massachusetts attorney general has filed a civil lawsuit accusing UnitedHealth Group (UHG) of improperly billing the state’s Medicaid program, alleging the insurer inflated patient needs for more than a decade and collected at least $100m in excess payments.

As a vertically integrated healthcare company, UHG operates four major