Cigna Gets Counts Dismissed in Prescription Drug Clawback Suit

Cigna Health & Life Insurance Co. convinced a federal judge in Connecticut to trim a proposed class action claiming the insurer schemed with pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx Inc. to overcharge health plan participants for prescription drugs.

Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut on Monday dismissed Billy Ray Blocker’s state law claims alleging breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Cigna isn’t a party to Blocker’s health plan, which is self-funded by a county government in suburban Atlanta, and there’s no indication Cigna assumed any ...