WellCare Agrees To $35.2 Million In Ongoing Investigation
September 3, 2008
On August 19, 2008, the St. Petersburg Times of Florida reported an agreement between WellCare Health Plans Inc. and U.S. prosecutors for the company to pay $35.2-million as part of an ongoing Medicaid fraud investigation. The case has yet to be settled, however, and the agreement does not inhibit the national or state government from persisting in its investigation or making further claims.
Constituting the $35.2 million is $24.5 million in compensation for Medicaid “behavioral health” claims by two of the companies HMO subsidiaries: WellCare of Florida Inc. and HealthEase of Florida Inc, and $10.7 million to be held conditionally by the government throughout the probe. The benefits of more than 1.23-million recipients of state Medicaid programs, as well as 200,000 elderly and disabled customers, are managed by WellCare.
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