The civil fraud case against UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage insurer, was filed in 2011.

A court-appointed special master has found that U.S. authorities do not have evidence to support their billion-dollar fraud case accusing UnitedHealth Group of keeping overpayments from the government for patients on its Medicare insurance plans.

The case began with a whistleblower who said UnitedHealth bilked billions of dollars through the Medicare Advantage program.

UnitedHealth Group notched a major court win in a legal challenge over its Medicare Advantage (MA) billing practices that is stretching into its second decade. | UnitedHealth Group notched a major court win in a legal challenge over its Medicare Advantage billing practices that is stretching into its second decade.

The Justice Department lacks evidence to support claims the company withheld Medicare Advantage funds, a legal expert overseeing the case said.