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UnitedHealth faces civil and criminal investigation by DOJ

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The company is reviewing its policies and practices, including the codes it uses to evaluate patients’ health status and its managed care and pharmacy services.

UnitedHealth Group faces a criminal and civil investigation from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the company has just disclosed in an SEC filing.

The company said it was complying with the requests from the DOJ and that it had reached out “proactively” to the DOJ after media reports about a

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