New York Managed Care Provider Resolves Medicaid Fraud Case

A New York City managed care provider of long-term medical plans has agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a whistleblower case alleging it billed Medicaid for services it didn’t provide.

The federal-state settlement resolved a case initiated in 2014 by a whistleblower against the Centers Plan for Healthy Living LLC, a managed-care company that provides services to people who are chronically ill or need long-term health care but want to continue living in their community without being put in an institution.

The U.S. and New York announced the settlement Sept. 12, the day after its approval ...