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Cigna health giant accused of improperly rejecting thousands of patient claims using an algorithm (www.witn.com)
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The class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento, says Cigna Corp. and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. rejected more than 300,000 payment claims in just two months last year.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Whats crazy is the providers show no incentive to try and get it through. The insurnace pays so little vs the billed amount that as long as they can get you to pay more than a tenth of the amount they get more.