The Justice Department alleged that the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan and its administrator, the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association, used Medicaid rather than its fund to cover claims, violating Medicaid’s status as a payer of last resort under federal law, according to a Nov. 14 news release.
The Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association grew assets of nearly $1.7 billion in part by diverting healthcare and caregiving costs to Medicaid, ProPublica reported Nov. 15.
Whistleblowers will receive $12.75 million as part of the settlement, the release said.
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