May 30, 2017
Florida-based managed care service provider
Freedom Health Inc. agreed to pay roughly $32 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in illegal schemes to maximize its Medicare Advantage plan payments from the government. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the
qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former Freedom Health employee and Constantine Cannon client Darren D. Sewell. He will receive a yet-to-be-determine whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government's recovery.
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