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Humana Agrees to Pay $90 Million in Medicare Fraud Case
Louisville-based Humana has agreed to pay the federal government $90 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit over alleged Medicare drug fraud.
In a release, Phillips & Cohen LLP said the healthcare company settled the case filed under the False Claims Act just before it was to go to trial.
The lawsuit filed in California alleges that Humana submitted fraudulent bids to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Medicare Part D prescription drug contracts from 2011-2017.
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