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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Failing to Correctly and Accurately Pay Claims to Health Care Providers
On January 13, 2005, Health Net was fined $250,000 by the California Department of Managed Health Care. Health Net was fined for “failing to correctly and accurately pay claims to emergency room and other hospital-based doctors not contracted with the HMO…Under [California] law, HMOs are prohibited from adopting payment practices that would result in systematic underpayment to doctors and health care providers.”
- Misconduct Type
- Cost/Labor Mischarge
- Enforcement Agency
- State/Local
- Contracting Party
- Non-Governmental
- Court Type
- Administrative
- Disposition
- Fine
- Date of Fine
- 1/13/2005
