The American Medical Association (AMA) has filed class action lawsuits in a New Jersey federal court against Aetna Health and Cigna, the association said.
The AMA contends that for more than a decade the two insurance companies used skewed data provided by UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Ingenix to set reimbursement rates for out-of-network care, underpaying physicians for out-of-network medical services and forcing patients to pay an excessive portion of the costs, according to the AMA.
The AMA was joined in the suit by the Connecticut State Medical Society, the Medical Society of New Jersey, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the North Carolina Medical Society, and the Texas Medical Association.
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