patrickt
08-17-2013, 09:46 AM
"LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - In a lawsuit which alleges workers at a Lufkin Planned Parenthood clinic frauded Medicaid for millions of dollars over a six year-period, the company has agreed to pay $4.3 million to the government as part of a settlement. Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast will also pay a whistleblower $1,247,000.
"The whistleblower, Karen Reynolds, worked at the Lufkin clinic from 1999 to 2009 and, according to the complaint filed by her attorney Mike Love, was fired for refusing to help cover up the company's liability for the distribution of pharmaceuticals to a patient by an unauthorized employee."
http://www.ktre.com/story/23155216/planned-parenthood-pays-43m-to-settle-allegations-of-unnecessary-care
I guess the taxpayer monies they got legally just weren't enough for them.
"The complaint alleges PPGC billed and was paid by Texas Medicaid, Title XX and the Women's Health Program for certain items and services which were not necessary, like birth control counselling, STD testing and contraceptives when they were not necessary. The complaint also alleges workers were instructed to hide literature relating to abortion procedures and abortion counselling during audit inspections conducted by federal regulators who were verifying compliance with Title X funding."
Actually, I was shocked that the current administration didn't drop the lawsuit and require the State of Texas to pay Planned Parenthood $4,000,000.
"The whistleblower, Karen Reynolds, worked at the Lufkin clinic from 1999 to 2009 and, according to the complaint filed by her attorney Mike Love, was fired for refusing to help cover up the company's liability for the distribution of pharmaceuticals to a patient by an unauthorized employee."
http://www.ktre.com/story/23155216/planned-parenthood-pays-43m-to-settle-allegations-of-unnecessary-care
I guess the taxpayer monies they got legally just weren't enough for them.
"The complaint alleges PPGC billed and was paid by Texas Medicaid, Title XX and the Women's Health Program for certain items and services which were not necessary, like birth control counselling, STD testing and contraceptives when they were not necessary. The complaint also alleges workers were instructed to hide literature relating to abortion procedures and abortion counselling during audit inspections conducted by federal regulators who were verifying compliance with Title X funding."
Actually, I was shocked that the current administration didn't drop the lawsuit and require the State of Texas to pay Planned Parenthood $4,000,000.