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Health Care & Hospital Law

Apr. 7, 2021

Health care company to pay $97M over inflated claims

Under a $5 billion contract with Veterans Affairs, Health Net,based in Los Angeles County, was a third-party administrator securing private health care for veterans, reimbursing providers for services, and billing the VA.

A California health care company serving veterans paid over $97 million to resolve duplicate and inflated claims submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert of the Eastern District of California announced Tuesday.

"Providers must be held to the highest standard of care and must rigorously comply with their contractual obligations," Talbert said in the announcement. "This office is commit...

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