United States Reaches $37 Million Settlement Of Fraud Lawsuit Against Cigna For Submitting False And Invalid Diagnosis Codes To Artificially Inflate Its Medicare Advantage Payments
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Henry Leventis, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, and Naomi Gruchacz, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), announced today that the United States has settled a civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against THE CIGNA GROUP and its subsidiary Medicare Advantage Organizations (collectively, “CIGNA”).
Action Details
- Date:September 30, 2023
- Agency:U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions