Choose dismisses Blue Cross Blue Defend of Louisiana lawsuit over star scores
A federal decide has dismissed a case introduced by Blue Cross Blue Defend of Louisiana, criticizing the medical insurance firm for potential “gamesmanship” of the federal Medicare Benefit star scores system.
The choice marks one other loss for the Medicare Benefit business, which has aggressively sued the federal authorities in an try to overturn diminished high quality scores and retain billions of {dollars} in taxpayer-funded bonuses.
Well being insurers felt emboldened to sue the federal government for larger 2025 star scores after a decide ordered the federal government to recalculate decrease star scores that had been rolled out in 2024. UnitedHealth Group, the most important Medicare Benefit insurer within the nation, was the first to sue over 2025 scores — and gained, with the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies backing off the case.
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