NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS HAS ANNOUNCED A SETTLEMENT WITH PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE OVER ITS FAILURE PAY MEDICAID PREMIUM TAXES. THE SETTLEMENT WAS FOR 18-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THERE ARE OTHER NEW MEXICO HEALTHCARE COMPANIES THAT NEED TO PAY UP.
THE NON-PAYMENT OF THE MEDICAID TAXES DATES AS FAR BACK AS 2003. BALDERAS HAD FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST PRESBYTERIAN EARLIER THIS YEAR, ALLEGING THE NON-PAYMENT OF THE TAXES.
