Senate report says UnitedHealth used aggressive tactics to boost medicare payments, WSJ reports

Jan 12 (Reuters) - Health insurer UnitedHealth Group ​used aggressive ‌tactics to gather diagnoses that ‌can boost Medicare Advantage payments, the Wall Street Journal ⁠reported on ‌Monday, citing a U.S. Senate ‍committee investigating the company's practices.

Shares of the company ​were down 1.4% ‌to $339.42 in premarket trading.

The Senate report makes no formal recommendations and does ⁠not accuse UnitedHealth ​of wrongdoing, ​the Journal reported.

The company did not ‍immediately ⁠respond to a Reuters request for ⁠comment.

(Reporting by Sneha S ‌K; Editing by ‌Tasim Zahid)