Original sentence: In 2009, a whistleblower lawsuit was filed alleging that Patel's second company, Freedom Health, was violating the False Claims Act, again defrauding Medicare.In 2017, Freedom Health settled these charges, paying $31.7 million in fines.The allegations state that Freedom Health overstated the sickness of their patients to increase the Medicare payments they were eligible for
Edited sentence: As Freedom was contemplating selling its business to new owner, the company decided to settle old litigations.In 2009, a whistleblower lawsuit was filed alleging, Freedom Health, was engaging in Lemon-dropping practice of de-enrolling sick patients.In 2017, Freedom Health settled these charges, paying $31.7 million in fines...In the year 2010, whistleblower alleged that Freedom Health overstated the sickness of their patients to increase the Medicare payments they were eligible for.Kiran Patel who was the owner of the company.News article states that as soon as Dr.No allegations were personally made against the Dr.None of the allegations were proven.Patel became aware of this allegation, he instructed his staff members to preserve all records and fully cooperate with investigators.Patel took series of steps to create work-culture that respected legal compliance.State and federal investigators continued investigations for almost 8 years and did not found any evidence to frame charges