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Planned Parenthood Lawsuit Revealed
Special Report - March 14, 2012
A federal lawsuit alleging that Planned Parenthood submitted “repeated false, fraudulent, and ineligible claims for Medicaid reimbursements” through Texas Women’s Health Program was made public last week. The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed the lawsuit, Johnson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, on behalf of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson in July 2010, but the lawsuit was not made public until March 9. According to ADF, the case was filed under seal according to a requirement in the federal law that “allows ‘whistleblowers’ with inside information to expose fraudulent billing government contractors.” In a press release, ADF states that the case “alleges that Planned Parenthood knowingly committed Medicaid fraud from 2007 to 2009 by improperly seeking reimbursements from the Texas Women’s Health Program for products and services not reimbursable by that program.”
Abby Johnson, who made national news in the wake of her resignation as a Planned Parenthood director in 2009, is suing Planned Parenthood under the Federal False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act. The suit alleges that Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (formerly Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas) received more than $5.7 million in fraudulent reimbursements from at least 87,075 “false, fraudulent, or ineligible claims” with the Texas Women’s Health Program (WHP). The suit alleges that, “approximately forty (40) percent of all such claims thereupon submitted by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast to the United States, the State of Texas, and/or their respective fiscal intermediaries for reimbursements from the Texas WHP program were false, fraudulent and/or ineligible for reimbursement.”
As we reported in February, ADF and the Susan B. Anthony List partnered in sending a report to Congress “identifying waste, abuse, and potential fraud by Planned Parenthood affiliates across the nation that may amount to multiple millions of dollars in wasted taxpayer money.”
Related resources:
Report on Planned Parenthood Sent to Congress - February 10, 2012
Komen Reverses Grant Decision - February 3, 2012
Komen Ends Planned Parenthood Grants - February 2, 2012
Congress Investigates Planned Parenthood - October 7, 2011
Planned Parenthood Scrutinized - July 15, 2011
Judge Restores Planned Parenthood Funding - August 23, 2011
Investigating Planned Parenthood- Download mp3 — wma
House Defunds Planned Parenthood - February 22, 2011
Congress Defending Life - February 16, 2011
Majority of Americans Now Pro-Life - May 19, 2009
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