2025 Centene/Health Net Federal Services — DOJ False Claims settlement over TRICARE cybersecurity controls
Data compromised
Federal healthcare eligibility and benefits-adjacent systems governance; settlement focuses on compliance misrepresentations
Technical writeup
DOJ announced Health Net Federal Services and Centene agreed to pay over USD 11M resolving allegations they failed to meet cybersecurity requirements in a Defense Health Agency contract, including misrepresenting compliance with NIST 800-53 controls.
Root cause
Regulatory settlement alleging systematic cybersecurity control failures on a federal healthcare program