Cigna Gets $6 Million Covid Testing Reimbursement Suit Trimmed

A medical provider accusing Cigna Health & Life Insurance Co. of failing to cover more than $6 million in Covid-19 testing costs can sue the insurer under ERISA but not pandemic-specific federal legislation, a Connecticut federal judge ruled.

Neither the Families First Coronavirus Response Act nor the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act authorize private parties to file a lawsuit claiming violations of the statutes, Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut held March 11.

Murphy Medical Associates argued that Congress’ “silence” on this point was “merely a product of its rush ...