AG Moody Secures More Than $600,000 For Florida Medicaid Following Multistate Investigation into Cochlear Implant Manufacturer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a payment of more than $600,000 to Florida Medicaid through a multistate action against the Advanced Bionics Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of cochlear implants. ABC allegedly violated the federal and various state False Claims Acts by submitting false or fraudulent claims for reimbursement to federal healthcare programs, including Medicaid. Attorney General Moody’s MFCU, 44 other states and the federal government negotiated the payment of more than $12.6 million in damages nationwide.
Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “Through this multistate action, we are securing millions of dollars for taxpayer-funded Medicaid programs nationwide and deterring the company from submitting false claims. I am proud of my Medicaid fraud attorneys and analysts for the hard work they put into this case, and for their collaboration with other states and the federal government to resolve this matter and recover taxpayer dollars.”
The action resolves allegations that ABC knowingly submitted, or caused to be submitted, false or fraudulent claims for reimbursement for cochlear device systems with Neptune and Naida sound processor components during a nine-year period. Specifically, ABC allegedly misled the Food and Drug Administration to receive approval of the Neptune...
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