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Monday, April 20, 2026

California Health-Care Provider Pays $5 Million Over Fraud Claim - Bloomberg Law

Lompoc Valley Medical Center will pay $5 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act and the California False Claims Act involving the state’s Medicaid program, according to a Wednesday news release.

The health-care district, which operates multiple health-care providers, allegedly knowingly caused the submission of false claims to Medi-Cal related to Medicaid Adult Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

LVMC allegedly claimed and received payments that weren’t for “allowed medical expenses” permissible under the contract between California’s Department of Health Care Services and CenCal Health, were pre-determined amounts that didn’t reflect the fair ...

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