Part of the returns is a result of settlements, including the Pfizer settlement in which Louisiana received over $8.5 million.
The MFCU reported that the force made 102 arrests with charges including Medicaid fraud, filing and maintaining false public records and battery/exploitation to the infirmed; 67 convictions for previous stated charges and 143 pending prosecutions throughout the state.
Read the WGNO ABC26 News report on the returning of $44 million by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of Louisiana.
Read other coverage on healthcare fraud in Louisiana:
– Two Louisiana Residents Charged in Medicare Fraud Scheme
– Louisiana Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud
– New Orleans Woman Sentenced to 21 Months for Healthcare Fraud
