Criminal: Cigna Group to Pay $172 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
The Cigna Group, headquartered in Connecticut, has agreed to pay $172,294,350 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting and failing to withdraw inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to increase its payments from Medicare. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare…