• A federal court ordered Louisville-based Humana to pay $32.2 million to a California law firm.
• The payment is related to a whistleblower lawsuit that previously resulted in a $90 million settlement with the federal government.
• The lawsuit alleged Humana submitted fraudulent bids for Medicare Part D prescription drug contracts.
• The law firm, Phillips & Cohen LLP, represented the whistleblower, a former Humana actuary.

Louisville-based health insurance company Humana must pay $32.2 million to a California law firm, a federal court in Kentucky ruled in September.

The ruling, which was filed Sept. 19, follows Humana paying $90 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit under the False Claims Acts in August 2024.

The more than $32 million payout will go to Phillips & Cohen LLP out of San Franscico, who represented whistleblower Steven Scott in the case.

The whistleblower lawsuit alleged Humana submitted fraudulent bids to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for "lucrative Medicare Part D prescription drug contracts from 2011-2017, significantly overcharging the government," The Courier Journal previously reported.

Medicare Part D is the government's voluntary prescription drug program in which CMS contracts with private insurance companies to cover prescription drug benefits for Medicare users.

By law, insurance companies must offer plans that cover a minimum...

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