- New Jersey medical office sues Cigna over denied COVID-19 testing, treatment claims (fiercehealthcare.com)
A New Jersey medical office has filed suit against Cigna, alleging that the insurer failed to pay for diagnostic testing and treatment related to COVID-19 in violation of the CARES Act...Open MRI and Imaging of RP Vestibular Diagnostics claims that Cigna owes it nearly $400,000 in unpaid claims for care related to the novel coronavirus, and that the decisions to decline coverage were "arbitrary."..."The explanations given by [Cigna] for its refusal to make payment include unelaborated denials that the services were rendered as billed, or matched the services billed, as well as the occasional contention that the billing was duplicative," according to the lawsuit. "The grounds for rejecting plaintiff's claims were, upon information and belief, false and invalid."...READ MORE
