STAT+: UnitedHealth’s questionable review, and more MA stars lawsuits

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This is the online version of STAT’s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc. Sign up here. I first visited a Buc-ee’s a few years ago in Kentucky on a road trip. It’s a melting pot of American culture and consumerism (with a really good cherry limeade pop). It’s also apparently an aggressive trademark litigator over its beaver mascot. Take a pit stop and share your news and tips here: bob.herman@statnews.com. [Tim Robinson voice] You sure about that? UnitedHealth Group was happy to promote a new audit that said nearly all of the diagnoses recorded for its Medicare Advantage members during home visits (97%) were justified by medical records. But the results are not nearly as clean, or useful, as the company suggests. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…