US Claims Medicare Insurers, Brokers Used Illegal Kickbacks (3)

The US sued top health insurance companies and brokers, alleging they used illegal kickbacks to steer members into certain private Medicare Advantage plans.

The complaint names CVS Health Corp., Elevance Health Inc. and Humana Inc., along with broker companies eHealth Inc., GoHealth Inc. and SelectQuote Inc.

In the lawsuit, initiated by a whistleblower in 2021 and unsealed Thursday, the Justice Department claims that brokers told their agents to sell Medicare Advantage based on the kickbacks and blocked the sale of insurance plans that didn’t pay. The complaint, which covers alleged conduct from 2016 through 2021, further alleges ...