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 Amerigroup Settles for $225
Mil.After losing at trial, Amerigroup insurance has agreed to pay $225 million to the U.S. and the state of Illinois to settle False Claims Act charges. The company faced a $334 million judgment -- the largest in the 20-year history of the FCA. Amerigroup will also pay $9 million in legal fees and sign a corporate integrity. The FCA case charged the company with illegally denying Medicaid coverage to pregnant women in Illinois. >> To read more |
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War On Medicare Fraud?CongressDaily reports Senate Republicans are "piecing together a crusade" against Medicare fraud which they hope to wage in the next Congress. Legislation they might want to look at right now: strengthening amendments to the False Claims Act which are before Congress now, and which have bipartisan support in both houses. >> To see more (video) |
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Crop Insurance FraudA federal grand jury has returned a 15-count indictment against a Stockton, California farmer for filing fraudulent federal crop insurance claims. Gregory Peter Torlai, Jr. allegedly submitted two falsified seed receipts in support of over $400,000 in claims. >> To read more |
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Trial On Deck in AlabamaAn October trial is set for Bristol-Myers Squibb on charges the company intentionally lied to the Alabama Medicaid program about the Average Wholesale Price of prescription drugs. Alabama has won 3 previous cases, and 20 other companies are in settlement talks with the state. >> To read more |
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States Many Millions of DollarsWellCare Health Plans Inc. says it owes Florida and Illinois at least $46 million due to "errors" it discovered only after at least one False Claims Act lawsuit was filed, and the FBI raided its Florida offices. >> To read more |
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Parsons Monument to Fraud The construction work at the Khan Bani Saad Correctional Facility northeast of Baghdad is so shoddy that local officials say it is unusable and could collapse at any time. Until it does, it remains an unfinished monument to fraud, waste and incompetence on the part of the Pasadena, California construction company. >> To read more |
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