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‘A story that it knows is untrue’: Optum moves to get Maryland’s behavioral services lawsuit tossed

By Jakob Emerson 1 min read

Optum is asking a Baltimore court to throw out Maryland’s $380 million fraud lawsuit over a failed Medicaid behavioral health claims system, calling the state’s allegations “a story that it knows is untrue.” In its Oct. 19 motion to dismiss, Optum argued the case is a contract dispute dressed up as fraud allegations aimed at generating public pressure against the company and to leverage the threat of triple damages under the state’s False Claims Act. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued UnitedHealth and Optum in August, alleging the company provided… Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More

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