Texas officially ousted the organization from the state’s Medicaid program in 2021 after four years of trying and a subsequent legal battle.
Planned Parenthood continued to collect Medicaid payments from the state during legal appeals, $17 million the state says the health care group should now pay back, in addition to fines that far exceed the amount the state said Planned Parenthood owes in reimbursement funds. Planned Parenthood said the total judgment could be greater than $1 billion.
Now-suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit last year under the False Claims Act, which establishes liability for health care fraud and allows fines for every incorrect payment.
After Hearing Arguments, Future of Planned Parenthood in Texas Rests with Federal Judge
More Issues
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for October 27, 2026
Gilead Sciences agreed to pay Texas $45 million to resolve claims that it offered kickbacks to providers that influenced Texas Medicaid prescriptions. The Texas…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for October 20, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit held in United States v. Chun that the government need only prove a defendant knowingly agreed to accept remuneration for referring…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for October 13, 2026
A federal grand jury indicted Houston physician Dr. Joseph A. Montes on charges that he and others billed a federal COVID-19 program about $30…