Cigna: ERISA Plans Bar Algorithm Health Care Claims; UCL Claims Lack Specificity

(February 7, 2024, 2:17 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Insureds’ cannot demonstrate denial of claims based solely on review by an algorithm or that the use of such a tool would violate the provisions of their Employee Retirement Income Security Act plans, the insurer tells a federal judge in California in a motion to dismiss while arguing that the plaintiffs fail to plead their California unfair competition law (UCL) claims with requisite specificity....