California’s insurance commissioner has issued a cease and desist order against Innovative Partners for illegally acting as an insurer in the state and offering health coverage without proper certification.
The state also served 10 additional cease and desist orders to organizations that aided and abetted Innovative Partners in the fraudulent activities, according to a July 15 news release.
Beginning in 2023, Innovative Partners sold limited or non-existent health plans to individuals who believed they were speaking with representatives from the state’s ACA exchange and purchasing coverage from Blue Shield of California or Aetna. The coverage was limited or non-existent and did not cover medical expenses the individuals were told were covered under their policy.
Cease and desist orders were served against the following:
- Teladoc Health
- MultiPlan
- PHCS
- Marpai Administrators
- Group Resources
- First Health Network
- Arman Motiwalla
- Amani Shokry
- Jimmie Sutton
- Omar Kasani
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