Attorney general settles Medicaid, telemarketing cases

In the past two days, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reached settlements with companies involved in alleged Medicaid fraud and violations of the state's no-call law.

Medicaid
Koster yesterday settled with Fayette, Mo.-based Just What the Doctor Ordered Inc., and its owner and operator Teresa Linneman, following allegations that the company submitted false Medicaid claims, according to a news release.

As part of the settlement, Linneman and her company are required to pay the state $217,563.

Just What the Doctor Ordered, which provides durable medical equipment and incontinence supplies for Medicaid clients, allegedly billed Medicaid for more than 27,000 diapers that weren't actually provided to Medicaid recipients, according to the release.

As part of the agreement, Linneman is prohibited from billing Medicaid or having a financial interest or billing/coding responsibilities at any company that submits reimbursement claims to Medicaid.

“We will continue to search for individuals who would perpetrate this kind of fraud and recover public money stolen from our health care system," Koster said in the release.

No-call law
CallAssistant LC, a Utah-based telemarketing company, on Monday agreed to pay $35,000 in penalties, settling allegations that it violated the state's no-call law.

A lawsuit against the CallAssistant was filed in November after Koster's office received more than 100 complaints concerning the company's telemarketing practices.

According to a news release, the company attempted to sell home security systems and enrollment in an online college to Missourian's on the state's no-call list.

The settlement also prohibits CallAssistant from making telemarketing calls to any Missouri citizen on the no-call list.

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