Freedom Health/Optimum - Healthcare Fraud/Medicare Advantage ($32.5 million)
Posted October 13, 2017
91³Ô¹ÏÍørepresented a whistleblower in a False Claims Act case alleging Freedom Health and Optimum Healthcare inflated their Medicare Advantage patient risk scores to secure artificially high Medicare reimbursement. In May 2017, the companies agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle the matter.  Our client received a whistleblower award of roughly $6.4 million. Read more — ,Ìý, , CC.
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