Texas Planned Parenthood Abortion Mill Defrauded Medicaid to Tune of $1.4 Million

by Warner Todd Huston | July 25, 2013 9:31 pm

In Texas, abortion mill operators Planned Parenthood has been found to have defrauded Medicaid to the tune of $1.4 million and is being ordered to repay the stolen money.

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In 2012, a former employee of Planned Parenthood’s Gulf Coast offices filed a whistleblower’s complaint with the Attorney General of Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice. The whistleblower alleged that Planned Parenthood engaged in an elaborate Medicaid fraud scheme.

The whistleblower, Karen Reynolds, submitted internal memos[2] and other records to prove that PP engaged in a “systemwide scheme to bilk Medicaid, Title XX, and the Women’s Health Program of tens of millions of dollars over the course of at least a decade.”

Reynolds charged that PP indulged a long running practice of billing for medial services that were never performed. PP also altered records to make it seem as if abortions provided were actually other medical services and not abortions.

The whistleblower also said that PP would load visitors up with condoms, vaginal film, and other give-aways and would then charge Medicaid for the products.

In a statement[3], Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot says his office has concluded its investigation and is charging PP with $1.4 million in fraud.

After a whistleblower lawsuit was filed alleging improper billing practices by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, an investigation was opened by the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Office of Inspector General. The State’s investigation revealed that Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast improperly billed the Texas Medicaid program for products and services that were never actually rendered, not medically necessary, and were not covered by the Medicaid program — and were therefore not eligible for reimbursement. For example, state investigators determined that Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast falsified material information in patients’ medical records in order to support fraudulent reimbursement claims to the Medicaid program.

Under the agreement announced today, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast must pay $1.4 million to resolve the Medicaid fraud enforcement action. Because Medicaid is jointly funded by the State and the federal government, the federal government is entitled to a portion of the Texas recovery. Under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, the relator-whistleblower that uncovered the defendant’s fraudulent conduct will also receive a share of the State’s recovery.

Medicaid fraud is happening in every state in the union, sadly. Texas has other Medicaid fraud, too…

And check out this story from Delaware…

It’s happening all over. Billions of dollars a year get stolen by their fraudsters. And remember, folks, these are the same government programs that Obama thinks are working just great and wants to expand with his Obamacare law.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fetus.jpg
  2. submitted internal memos: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/24/texas-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-must-repay-1-4-million-after-medicaid-fraud/
  3. statement: https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagNews/release.php?id=4455

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