Whistleblower lawsuit alleges Medicare Advantage fraud at Cigna

Driving the news: The lawsuit against Cigna said the insurer created a health assessment for its Medicare Advantage members called a "360."

• These 360 reviews were used as a means to record "false health conditions" for patients, and Cigna also allegedly paid bonuses to doctors to complete a certain number of these reviews.
• Cigna did not immediately respond to questions for comment.

Flashback: Cigna's Medicare Advantage program was sanctioned in 2016 after the federal government found Cigna inappropriately denied care to its members.

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to show the Department of Justice declined to intervene in the case and that the lawsuit was unsealed, not new.