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Cigna is using an algorithm to review — and often reject — hundreds of thousands of patient health insurance claims, a new lawsuit claims, with doctors…

FILE - This photo shows the Cigna logo at the headquarters of the health insurer Cigna Corp., in Philadelphia on Aug 4, 2011. A federal lawsuit alleges that the health insurance giant used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining them ind

Health insurer relies on software to reject thousands of claims, with doctors rubber-stamping the denials, lawsuit alleges.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining them individually as

Health insurance firm Cigna rejected hundreds of thousands of patient claims automatically using a computer algorithm.

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Cigna Healthcare, a major player in the health insurance industry, is now at the center of a federal class action lawsuit over claims that the company has been using AI algorithms to improperly deny claims to customers. The lawsuit claims that Cigna's system denied about 300,000 pre-approved claims, spending an average of 1.2 seconds to deny each claim.

Health insurer relies on software to reject thousands of claims, with doctors rubber-stamping the denials, lawsuit alleges.

Two Cigna members sued the insurer in California federal court Monday, seeking an injunction for the company to stop using the tool.