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Fraud Case Unsealed Thayer’s case was filed “under both the federal and Iowa False Claims acts,” according to an ADF press release. She “alleges that Planned Parenthood knowingly committed Medicaid fraud from 2002 to 2009 by improperly seeking reimbursements from Iowa Medicaid Enterprise and the Iowa Family Planning Network for products and services not legally reimbursable by those programs.” Specifically, the lawsuit “alleges that Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa, an affiliate now known as Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, filed nearly one-half million false claims with Medicaid from which Planned Parenthood received and retained nearly $28 million.” Additionally, the lawsuit claims that, “Planned Parenthood both falsely billed Medicaid and took money from low-income women by getting them to pay for services Medicaid was intended to cover in full.” If the claims are found to be true, Planned Parenthood could owe the federal and Iowa governments as much as $5.5 billion in damages and penalties. The case is the second such lawsuit to become public this year. The other case was also filed by ADF against a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Texas. Both cases were filed under federal “whistleblower” laws, which seek to protect employees or former employees with inside information that exposes fraudulent billing by government contractors. The law keeps such lawsuits sealed until a court makes them public, as was done by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa with this case on July 9. Related resources: Copyright © 2012. North Carolina Family Policy Council. All rights reserved.
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