Preferred Family Healthcare of Springfield, Missouri, three of its subsidiaries and company officials are being sued for the return of Arkansas tax dollars. Preferred Family Healthcare is entrenched in the federal corruption investigation.
The lawsuit was filed by Jim Parsons in Benton County on Tuesday, November 27. The lawsuit outlines Preferred Family Healthcare has received $53 million in Arkansas tax dollars in just five years.
In connection to the bribery of at least three Arkansas legislators, four former executives of Preferred Family Healthcare have pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Preferred Family Healthcare no longer receives Medicaid payments from Arkansas. In addition, Preferred Family Healthcare’s Arkansas clinics have been sold.