NEWS: Amerigroup nears settlement on Medicaid fraud damages
Patient Financial Services Weekly Advisor, July 25, 2008
Illinois and federal authorities are close to settling a lawsuit with a former Illinois health-insurance provider that was found liable for fraud for intentionally not enrolling pregnant women and other high-risk patients in its Medicaid plan, the Chicago Tribune reports.
In 2006, a federal jury ordered Virginia-based Amerigroup Corp. to pay $144 million in damages to Illinois and the federal government. A federal judge later levied $190 million in civil fines against Amerigroup for filing more than 18,000 false Medicaid claims.
Amerigroup appealed the verdict, but court documents show that the parties entered settlement talks earlier this year.
To read the full story in the Chicago Tribune, click here.
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