Abbott announces settlement with Planned Parenthood
Because of improper billing practices, a Planned Parenthood affiliate must pay back more than $1 million to the Medicaid program, the Texas attorney general’s office said Wednesday.
An investigation revealed that Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc. — which serves parts of southeastern Texas and a couple of parishes in eastern Louisiana — overbilled the state-federal Medicaid program and has agreed to pay back $1.4 million to the state and federal government, Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office said.
Officials with the non-profit organization didn’t return calls.
Abbott’s office said in a press release that investigators from his office and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission followed a whistleblower lawsuit with an investigation into the provider of abortions, other reproductive health care and sexuality education.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/planned-parenthood-affiliate-must-pay-back-money-f/nY25J/ .