The corporate parent of a large Georgia insurer has agreed to pay a total of more than $140 million to two states over a billing dispute involving Medicaid pharmacy benefits.
Ohio will receive $88 million and Mississippi $55 million from St. Louis-based Centene, which is the parent company of Peach State Health Plan, an insurer in the Georgia Medicaid program.
Georgia may seek similar compensation.
The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch said this week that Centene is the subject of investigations in other states besides Ohio and Mississippi.
“Authorities in Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, New Mexico and several others are looking into filing legal action,’’ the newspaper reported.
The Georgia Department of Community Health, which runs the Medicaid program in the state, said in a short statement that “the department is not able to comment on litigation strategy or pending litigation.”
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