Federal Judge Tosses Suit Alleging Insurer Fraudulently Down-Coded Medical Devices

( January 7, 2025, 10:17 AM EST) -- MINNEAPOLIS — The same day a manufacturer and seller of an electrotherapy medical device and its insurer filed a stipulation of dismissal, a federal judge in Minnesota dismissed with prejudice the insured’s breach of contract and deceptive trade practices lawsuit alleging that the insurer has a “blanket corporate policy” of fraudulently down-coding and short-paying for the insured’s H-Wave medical devices that has resulted $1.3 million in injuries to the insured....