An online pharmacy will pay $18.3 million to settle charges it defrauded government and private insurers by submitting false claims for contraceptive prescriptions and services, the California Attorney General’s office announced Tuesday.
Silicon Valley-based Pill Club Holdings Inc. allegedly unlawfully billed California’s Medicaid program—known as Medi-Cal—millions of dollars in a scheme that exploited the Affordable Care Act’s essential coverage mandate, which ensures that insurance providers cover contraception, the state attorney general said. The settlement agreementincludes FVR Medical Group Inc., the privately held successor to Pill Club, and Hey Favor Inc., which provides management services to FVR.
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