The Pill Club reaches $18.3M settlement for alleged Medicaid fraud in California

Online birth control pharmacy

reached an $18.3 million settlement with California authorities for allegedly defrauding the state’s Medicaid program.

According to the California Department of Justice, the company billed Medi-Cal for services it hadn’t provided, allegedly submitting claims for 30-minute face-to-face counseling sessions when its nurse practitioners didn’t have direct or real-time contact with patients. The…