Carousel Pediatrics, a chain of Austin clinics originally accused of defrauding the government of $18 million in Medicaid payments, has agreed to repay $3.75 million for what regulators called a “pattern of billing errors” over four years.
The settlement allowed both sides to claim victory in a frequently public dispute between Carousel Pediatrics and the state Health and Human Services Commission’s office of inspector general, which investigated the company amid ramped-up efforts to identify fraud and overpayments in the Medicaid system.
Carousel to repay $3.75 million in Medicaid | www.mystatesman.com.