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Company said it felt forced to settle fraud case (Alb. Jour.)

Company said it felt forced to settle fraud case

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PUBLISHED: Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 9:30 am

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PMS Logo_0SANTA FE — A Santa Fe-based behavioral health company says it felt forced by Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration to agree to pay a $4 million settlement to the state to resolve Medicaid fraud allegations in order to stay in business.

Presbyterian Medical Services executives told legislators during a hearing in Albuquerque Wednesday that their company was innocent but settled to avoid being shut down.

Read more here: http://www.abqjournal.com/477010/news/company-said-it-felt-forced-to-settle-fraud-case.html