AG Ferguson announced that due to his Medicaid Fraud Control Division’s investigation, Lincare Inc. paid Washington state $1.15 million. This will reimburse the state’s Medicaid program for Lincare’s fraudulent overbilling of leased oxygen equipment. Ferguson asserts that between January 2017 and March 2023, Lincare knowingly billed rental fees beyond the three years allowed by law more than 15,000 times. In some instances, Lincare continued to bill Medicaid rental fees for six years — twice the legal limit. The Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Division estimates Lincare overbilled Medicaid for 565 Washington patients by more than half a million dollars.

https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/lincare-pay-washington-state-115-million-ag-ferguson-s-medicaid-fraud