WellCare controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2013
Executive healthcare-fraud convictions
Four WellCare executives, including former chief executive Todd Farha, were found guilty of healthcare fraud and making false statements to law enforcement. The company agreed to pay $217.5 million between 2008 and 2012 to settle related claims.
2007
Florida treatment-cost and overpayment investigation
A whistleblower complaint alleged that WellCare inflated patients' treatment costs and failed to return overpayments to the State of Florida. Federal agents searched the company's Tampa headquarters on October 24, 2007. The investigation later resulted in criminal charges and convictions involving executives.