Kaiser Permanente to pay $556 million to settle Medicare Advantage fraud allegations
The Justice Department announced a $556 million settlement with Kaiser Permanente over allegations that it inflated Medicare Advantage payments by adding improper diagnoses to patient charts after visits, a practice the government says diverted about $1 billion from taxpayers between 2009 and 2018; Kaiser says the settlement resolves the matter without admitting wrongdoing and notes it concerns risk-adjustment practices rather than care quality.
