Cigna is scrapping in court with three Florida-based labs over about $32 million in unpaid claims, but the payer claims it actually overcharged the labs due to a "fraudulent billing scheme," according to court filings.
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University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson) notified patients that it is negotiating with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi over the parties' network contract, according to Mississippi Today.
A Minnesota judge sided with UnitedHealth Group and OptumRx in a lawsuit alleging the companies overcharged on drugs because of a "scrivener’s error," according to Bloomberg.
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The Texas Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas should be awarded a $3 million tax refund, according to Law360.
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An HHS Office of Inspector General audit found SCAN Health Plan received $54.3 million in overpaid Medicare Advantage claims.
The American Medical Association sent statements to two congressional committees claiming that payers are rampantly disregarding mental parity law due to a lack of enforcement.
A Minnesota judge certified a class of UnitedHealth Group employees aiming to sue the payer over underperforming 401(k) plan funds that the company failed to address.
California awarded Kaiser Permanente an exclusive Medicaid contract that would allow it to hand-pick enrollees as it grows in the state, according to Kaiser Health News.
There's no such thing as free, even when it comes to free COVID-19 testing, writes Cameron Kaplan, PhD, economist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, in a Feb. 3 Wall Street…