UnitedHealthcare wins a battle in Team Health upcoding lawsuit

News January 05, 2026 at 04:24 PM
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What You Need To Know

  • UnitedHealthcare says TeamHealth emergency room doctors use the CPT code for patients who are at imminent risk of death far too often.
  • TeamHealth wants to see how medical groups in the UnitedHealth corporate family use CPT codes.
  • The court found that UnitedHealth researcher access to records in a government database does not mean that UnitedHealthcare can see UnitedHealth medical group billing records.