County-organized health system CenCal Health and three other healthcare providers agreed to pay a total of $68 million across settlements with the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding alleged false claims submitted under California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal.
CenCal will pay $49.5 million, the DOJ announced in a press release Thursday. Among the other providers, not-for-profit hospital network Cottage Health System will pay $9 million, nonprofit outpatient clinic Sansum Clinic will pay $4.5 million, and nonprofit Community Health Centers of the Central Coast (CHC) will pay $3.15 million. An additional $1.85 million total will be paid back by the three providers to the state of California to round out the settlements.
