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How Cigna saves millions by having its doctors reject claims without reading them

Summary by Ground News
Nick van Terheyden was denied a $350 vitamin D test because it was not "medically necessary" Cigna has built a system that allows its doctors to instantly reject a claim on medical grounds. Over a period of two months last year, doctors denied over 300,000 requests for payments using this method, documents show.
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