The Oklahoma Attorney General's office files a brief seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit in Texas. That case makes allegations that Tulsa and Oklahoma City's ambulance service EMSA and its CEO Steve Williamson, received kick-backs.
EMSA, or Emergency Medical Service Authority, is a public trust serving over one-million Oklahomans,
The Tulsa World reports the Oklahoma Health Care Authority claims it paid over $60-million in fraudulent Medicaid claims to an ambulance provider under an EMSA contract.
The lawsuit claims EMSA received $20-million in kickbacks for its contract.