Centene, HHS Move to Dismiss Insurer’s Suit Over Star Ratings

Centene Corp. and the federal government agreed to dismiss the health insurer’s lawsuit over a potentially costly decline in its “star rating” quality measure for private Medicare Advantage plans.

In a filing Tuesday in US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the managed care giant and its affiliates joined the Justice Department to ask that the lawsuit be “dismissed without prejudice as to all claims, causes of action, and parties, with each party to bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs.” Both sides had been negotiating to resolve the case in recent weeks.

The case is the second ...