Healthcare company to pay $15.2 million for fraud, kickback scheme

An Elevance-backed healthcare company based in Puerto Rico — MMM Holdings — has agreed to pay more than $15 million to resolve allegations that it violated kickback laws through a gift card incentive program intended to induce Medicare enrollments.

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Between January 2018 and December 2022, MMM distributed gift cards to administrative assistants of providers to induce Medicare beneficiary enrollments, the Justice Department said in a Dec. 23 news release. 

MMM has also entered into a five-year corporate integrity agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, which includes the implementation of internal controls and procedures to prevent Anti-Kickback violations, among other stipulations.

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