Cigna HealthCare and representatives of more than 700,000 physicians, state and other medical societies said they received final judicial approval of the $1 billion September settlement agreement the two sides reached in a national, class action RICO lawsuit pending in federal court in Miami. The suit identified Cigna, as well as United Healthcare, Aetna, Coventry, Wellpoint, Humana Health Plan, Pacificare Health Systems and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield as co-conspirators who, attorneys said, dishonored contracts and defrauded doctors in violation of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO).
Posted by Editor at February 3, 2004 05:34 AM