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Medicare and Medicaid
Amerigroup Settles Federal and State Medicaid Fraud Claims for $225 Million
August 31st, 2008
Amerigroup Corporation has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve claims that it defrauded the Illinois Medicaid program, the Justice Department and the Attorney General of Illinois announced. Amerigroup, which is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va., operates managed health care plans throughout the United States. Today's settlement resolves allegations that Amerigroup and its Illinois subsidiary systematically avoided enrolling pregnant women, and unhealthy patients in their managed care program in Illinois. Amerigroup was paid by the United States and the state to operate a Medicaid managed care health plan in Illinois to provide health care to low income people....
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-08-31)
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