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Editor: Mike Bothwell
Profession: Qui Tam Attorney

Category: Settlements and Verdicts

WellCare has agreed to pay a total of $35.2 million for Medicaid fraud stemming from claims in 2002 through 2006. Their payment includes $24.5 million in Medicaid repayments and $10.7 million remaining will be put into escrow until investigators complete the fraud inquiry. The repayment does not settle the investigation.

In October 2007, WellCare's Tampa Bay, FL headquarters was raided by Federal authorities. The investigators were searching for records of overpayments to Medicaid, according to a search warrant. A qui tam case was filed only a day after the raid by a former WellCare fraud investigator in Tallahassee, Florida.