Special Master Advises Granting Judgment For Insurer In Reverse FCA Medicare Row

( March 12, 2025, 8:15 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES  — A special master filed a report and recommendation in a California federal court advising that the court should grant summary judgment to UnitedHealth Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (United) and deny partial summary judgment to the government in its suit accusing United of reverse false claims violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by allegedly “improperly” keeping money paid to it by the government for United’s Medicare Advantage members, finding that the government failed to provide evidence to support its reverse FCA claims....