Phillips & Cohen partner Claire Sylvia was quoted in Bloomberg Law’s news story about Humana paying $90 million to settle a whistleblower’s False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that the company submitted fraudulent bids for Medicare Part D prescription drug contracts.
“We argued that Humana shirked its responsibility by telling the government that its plan would cover drug costs that Humana did not actually plan to cover,” said Phillips & Cohen attorney Claire Sylvia.
“Our complaint detailed how the government and beneficiaries were left with paying tens of millions of dollars more than Congress intended for years, while Humana pocketed the money as ‘savings,’ ” Sylvia said.
Read the entire article, “Humana Will Pay $90 Million in Medicare Drug Fraud Settlement,” Bloomberg Law, August 16, 2024.