Cigna is using an algorithm to review — and often reject — hundreds of thousands of patient health insurance claims, a new lawsuit claims, with doctors rubber-stamping those denials without ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining them ...

When a stubborn pain in Nick van Terheyden’s bones would not subside, his doctor had a hunch what was wrong. Without enough vitamin D in the blood, the body will pull that vital nutrient from the ...

"This action arises from Cigna's illegal scheme to systematically, wrongfully, and automatically deny its insureds the thorough, individualized physician review of claims guaranteed to them by law and ...

Cigna filed a motion Thursday to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing the insurer of improperly rejecting medical claims. Initially filed in July, the federal lawsuit alleges that Cigna used a ...

Health insurance giant Cigna has been sued for using a secret computer algorithm to systematically deny thousands of medical reimbursement claims in a matter of seconds, allegedly without a doctor ...

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