{"id":13016,"date":"2012-03-12T00:48:16","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T04:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.liveactionnews.org\/?p=13016"},"modified":"2013-04-02T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T00:43:51","slug":"lawsuit-could-result-in-billion-dollar-fine-for-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lawsuit-could-result-in-billion-dollar-fine-for-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit could result in billion-dollar damages for Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div id=\"attachment_12722\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/abby-johnson.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12722\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12722\" title=\"abby-johnson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/abby-johnson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.falseclaimsact.com\/Texas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Federal False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/alliancedefensefund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alliance Defense Fund<\/a> is representing former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director <a href=\"http:\/\/abbyjohnson.org\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Johnson<\/a> in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adfmedia.org\/files\/JohnsonComplaint.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit<\/a>&nbsp;against the Southeast Texas Planned Parenthood affiliate for submitting \u201crepeated false, fraudulent, and ineligible claims\u201d through the Medicaid Women\u2019s Health Program.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood allegedly committed over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adfmedia.org\/News\/PRDetail\/5395\" target=\"_blank\">87,000 false claims<\/a> between 2007 and 2009 which garnered the organization a reimbursement total of $5.7 million dollars from the&nbsp;WHP&nbsp;in Texas. Each individual fraudulent claim could result an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2012\/03\/planned-parenthood-accused-of-87000-fake-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\">$11,000 fine<\/a>&nbsp;and therefore may total <strong>nearly a billion dollars in damages to the Planned Parenthood affiliate in Texas.<\/strong>&nbsp;Alliance Defense Fund lawyer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/michael-j-norton\/\">Michael J. Norton<\/a> described the potential outcome of the largest Medicaid fraud case in Planned Parenthood&#8217;s histroy,&nbsp;<em>Johnson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas,<\/em> as an \u201call-out war\u201d with Planned Parenthood when they respond to these allegations. \u201cI don\u2019t think it would be unfair to suggest that more [false claims lawsuits] will be coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Federal False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, the Alliance Defense Fund is representing former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director Abby Johnson in a lawsuit&nbsp;against the Southeast Texas Planned Parenthood affiliate for submitting \u201crepeated false, fraudulent, and ineligible claims\u201d through the Medicaid Women\u2019s Health Program. Planned Parenthood allegedly committed over 87,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lawsuit could result in billion-dollar damages for Planned Parenthood - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lawsuit-could-result-in-billion-dollar-fine-for-planned-parenthood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawsuit could result in billion-dollar damages for Planned Parenthood - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Under the Federal False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, the Alliance Defense Fund is representing former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director Abby Johnson in a lawsuit&nbsp;against the Southeast Texas Planned Parenthood affiliate for submitting \u201crepeated false, fraudulent, and ineligible claims\u201d through the Medicaid Women\u2019s Health Program. 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