IEHP’s Post

Representing Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP), legal counsel Winston Y. Chan of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, has issued the following statement regarding yesterday’s lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice: “Through this misguided civil legal dispute, the federal government is trying to contest Medi-Cal health benefits paid out a decade ago and that were previously disclosed to and approved by regulators, with full transparency. The allegations are a brazen attempt at revisionist history that is not only wrong as to the facts and law, but also particularly galling in light of the federal government’s wider attacks on state Medicaid funding. Conspicuously absent from the lawsuit—which the state of California did not join as a co-plaintiff—is any allegation whatsoever that Inland Empire Health Plan or any of its personnel retained any of the funds in question or that providers serving the neediest Californians did not actually receive every dollar awarded to them. We look forward to taking this case to court and exposing the mistaken assumptions, flawed reasoning, and false conjecture that is rife throughout the allegations, and ensuring that our client is not distracted from its not-for-profit mission to heal and inspire its 1.5 million underserved members in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.”