EDMUND G. BROWN JR. State of California es 4 ‘Attorney General DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE \&53 BUREAU OF MEDI-CAL FRAUD AND ELDER ABUSE 1425 RIVER PARK DR, SUITE 300 ‘SACRAMENTO, CA 95815-4524 Telephone: (916) 263-2533, Facsimile: (916) 263-0864 E-Mail: Mark Geiger@doj.ca.gov May 26, 2010 Mr. Dave Regan, Counsel United Healthcare Workers 560 Thomas L. Berkley Way Oakland, CA. 94612 RE: Prime Healthcare — Alleged Overbilling of Medicare and Medi-Cal Dear Mr. Regan: Chief Deputy Attomey General Jim Humes forwarded your package of materials, including PowerPoint slides and two, UHW-generated informational pieces about Dr. Prem Redding, DBA Prime Healthcare for me to review and consider. The Attorney General’s Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse (BMFEA) has an ‘ongoing, strong relationship with both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Los Angeles basin by reason of ‘ur joint participation in the southern California Health Care Fraud Task Force. Since your detailed analysis contends that Medicare may likely be paying on falsified or fraudulent claims from Prime Healthcare, I have referred this matter to Tony Sidley, the Bureau’s Special Agent in Charge and one of our representatives to the Health Care Fraud Task Force. It is likely that the federal agency investigators will open an investigation and, if the evidence suggests fraud against Medi-Cal, will invite the BMFEA to participate in a joint investigation, ‘Thank you, in advance, for your interest and referral. I will assure you that your complaints will be treated with care and preliminary examinations carefully performed in order to justify opening any criminal investigation.Mr. Dave Regan, Counsel United Healthcare Workers May 26, 2010 Page 2 Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, GEIGER, Director foreau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse For EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attomey General ce: Jim Humes, Chief Deputy Attomey General, Office of the Attomey General