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State Seeks EMSA Lawsuit Intervention

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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.