Humana loses challenge to 2025 Medicare Advantage ratings

By Diana Novak Jones

(Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Humana’s bid to challenge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 2025 ratings for its Medicare Advantage plans, which could cost the health insurance company millions of dollars in bonus payments from the government.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, sided with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Humana’s lawsuit over a reduction in the so-called star ratings for its Medicare Advantage plans, saying CMS properly evaluated the plans.

Representatives for Humana and HHS, which oversees CMS, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Humana is one of the largest providers of Medicare Advantage plans in the U.S., which are funded by the Medicare health insurance program fo