Fortune 50 company allegedly overcharged for pharmacy benefit management services

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Washington State Health Care Authority announced today that managed health care giant Centene will pay $19 million to Washington state. The payment resolves allegations that the Fortune 50 company overcharged the state Medicaid program for pharmacy benefit management services. 

The resolution is the second-largest Medicaid fraud recovery for Washington state.

Proposed expansion of the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline will undermine west coast states’ plans to reduce its effects on climate change

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a motion to intervene and oppose an expansion to the Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline that runs through Washington state. Ferguson asserts the company’s requested expansion would hurt Washingtonians and increase greenhouse gasses that the state is working to reduce over the coming decades.

Ostrom despidió al 79 por ciento de sus cosechadores de hongos de Washington, en su mayoría mujeres, y los reemplazó con trabajadores extranjeros, en su mayoría hombres

Ostrom terminated 79 percent of its majority-female Washington-based mushroom pickers and replaced them with majority-male foreign workers

Washington joins other states in support of federal government challenge to Idaho law

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general to file a friend of the court brief supporting the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging Idaho’s restrictive new abortion law. The law is set to go into effect later this month.

Tech giant asks court to strike down key provision of Washington’s decades-old, best-in-the-nation law

OLYMPIA — Facebook parent Meta is attempting to eliminate a key provision of Washington’s campaign finance transparency law in a recent motion in the Attorney General’s case against the company. Instead of changing its practices to comply with Washington’s decades-old campaign finance law, Meta filed a summary judgment motion asking the court to strike down transparency requirements on commercial advertisers.

Harris & Harris and Optimum Outcomes illegally failed to notify tens of thousands of patients of the availability of charity care

OLYMPIA — A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a resolution that requires Tim Eyman to give up his share of his house to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars toward what he owes on his campaign finance judgment and other creditors. Parties who agreed to the resolution include Tim Eyman, Karen Williams (formerly Karen Eyman), the trustee, Tim Eyman’s attorneys, and the State of Washington.

Clark County towing company must repay three service members for illegally selling their cars at auction

VANCOUVER — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today a court order will require Chuck’s Towing, a Clark County towing company, to pay three service members for illegally selling their cars at auction. The order also requires it to implement specific policies so it will not harm service members in the future.

Navy unlawfully expanded its Growler program without considering impacts of frequent, noisy flights