Magistrate Grants Seal Motion In FCA Suit Alleging Inaccurate Medicare Coding

( May 7, 2026, 8:12 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal magistrate judge granted Anthem Inc.’s motion to seal documents that were previously placed under provisional seal in the U.S. government’s suit against Anthem alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) related to alleged inaccurate diagnosis codes submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for services provided to Anthem’s Medicare beneficiaries, finding that “the limited presumption of public access is outweighed by the higher values of protecting non-party confidentiality and preventing competitive harm.”...