Ohio’s highest court has indefinitely suspended the law license of the former general counsel at Tampa, Florida-based insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc. convicted for his role in a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program.

The Ohio Supreme Court, however, gave Thaddeus M.S. Bereday credit for the time he has served since Nov. 27, 2017, when his license was suspended on an interim basis after his felony conviction in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on one count of making a false statement involving a health care benefit program. In so doing, the Ohio court adopted the recommendation of the state’s disciplinary board.