The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania

Business leaders say AG Shapiro's proposed False Claims Act comes at taxpayers' expense

By Nicholas Malfitano | Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020 @ 6:14am

HARRISBURG – A five-bill effort to reduce Medicaid fraud in Pennsylvania through a state False Claims Act is already meeting with opposition from business groups, health care providers and civil justice reformers who say the state’s proposed method will be at the expense of patients and taxpayers and mostly benefit lawyers and whistleblowers.