Two Plead Guilty To Defrauding ACA Plans Of $27 Million In Rehab Costs

By Amy Lotven / October 25, 2018 at 1:08 PM
Two California men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Affordable Care Act plans in at least 12 states by enrolling people in coverage and transporting them to expensive drug treatment facilities in California that paid referral and other fees, the Department of Justice announced. The insurance industry sees the case as more evidence of a growing problem with fraudulent recovery homes and unscrupulous patient brokers, which America's Health Insurance Plans detailed in a new issue brief out Thursday (Oct...

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