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Quest will pay $302M in whistleblower settlement
Testing firm Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay the federal government $302 million to resolve civil and criminal charges involving a subsidiary closing in 2006, as well as certain diagnostic test... Read more...
After Medicaid reimbursement allegations, LA hospital agrees to $3.3M settlement
After allegedly collecting Medicaid reimbursement as a Level 1 pediatric-intensive care provider, despite not qualifying for such a status, Marrero, LA's West Jefferson Medical Center will now pay... Read more...
Healthcare whistleblowers helped get back $9.3B
Whistleblowers have helped authorities recover at least $9.3 billion from healthcare providers according to a new analysis of U.S. Department of Justice records. Since the DoJ began working harder to... Read more...
Amerigroup to pay $225M in Medicaid fraud settlement
Amerigroup, the Illinois health plan that refused to enroll high-risk patients in its Medicaid plan, announced that it will pay $225 million to the state of Illinois and the U.S. government to settle... Read more...
