Florida to get $5.6M from Medicaid fraud settlement

Florida snared $5.6 million as part of a Medicaid fraud settlement on Wednesday. The Sunshine State's haul is for restitution and other recoveries from DaVita Healthcare Partners as part of a multi-state $22 million settlement reached with the federal government, said Attorney General Pam Bondi. Denver-headquartered DaVita, a leading provider of dialysis services, allegedly paid illegal kickbacks to snare patient referrals for its clinics, which resulted in false Medicaid claims. A lawsuit filed…