The complaint alleged that CVS Health-unit Aetna, Elevance Health and Humana paid the kickbacks to brokers in exchange for enrollments into the insurers’ Medicare Advantage plans.

The Justice Department accused three of the nation’s largest health insurers of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks to brokers in exchange for steering patients into the insurers’ Medicare Advantage plans.

The Department of Justice is suing major health insurers, brokers in an alleged kickback scheme. The lawsuit claims that the companies exchanged illegal payments to steer seniors into specific Medicare Advantage plans.