CIGNA headquarters
The Cigna Group has settled two lawsuits alleging Medicare Advantage fraud.
The company will pay $172 million in a case brought by a whistleblower and the U.S. government alleging that it submitted false and inaccurate Medicare Advantage diagnostic codes to increase its reimbursement. The settlement resolved a False Claims Act lawsuit and an investigation related to past risk adjustment submissions from certain types of patient records.
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