Humana will pay $90 million in Medicare drug fraud settlement

Humana will pay $90 million in Medicare drug fraud settlement 
Bloomberg Law; by Daniel Seiden; 8/16/24 
Humana Inc. agreed to pay $90 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit alleging that the company submitted fraudulent bids for Medicare Part D prescription drug contracts. Whistleblower Steven Scott alleged that, since 2011, Humana began offering its Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, known as the basic Walmart Plan, and “knowingly provided benefits under that plan that have been significantly less valuable than Humana promised in its bids,” according to Scott’s suit filed in 2016 in the US District Court for the Central District of California. ... This suit was among several in 2016, including suits against Humana, United Health, Cigna Corp., and Optum RX Inc., accusing health insurers of secretly overcharging for prescription drugs.