Humana sues U.S. government to block Medicare audit rule

Humana is suing the U.S. government to block an audit rule that would allow Medicare to claw back billions of dolalrs in payments to insurers. In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, Humana said the lawsuit “challenges the federal government’s arbitrary and capricious reversal of a policy government payment audits conducted by the Medicare Advantage program.” “At stake is the financial stability of this enormously popular government health-insurance program, which provides life-saving healthcare coverage for more than 30 million seniors,” the lawsuit reads.