Former NFL players plead guilty to defrauding league health plan

Former NFL athletes Chadwick Slaughter and Fabian Washington have pleaded guilty for their part in a scheme to defraud the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan, Becker’s Payer Issues reports. Slaughter took nearly $34,000 and Washington took nearly $120,000 by submitting false medical claims to the HRA plan, according to a May 13 news release from the Texas Department of Insurance. TDI prosecutor Rick Watson said the department has identified eight former NFL players in Harris County, Texas, who have connections with the scheme, along with a Houston athletic trainer.