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February 26, 2018

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Inc. paid $1,655,000 to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by submitting outpatient laboratory claims lacking documentation necessary to support reimbursement by Medicare and Medicaid. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Amy Beth Main. She will receive a whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (VT)

February 23, 2018

Maine-based North East Mobile Health Services agreed to pay $825,000 to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by providing medically unnecessary ambulance transportation. Maine Medical Center also agreed to pay $600,000 pursuant to a separate civil settlement. According to the government, North East improperly billed Medicare for ambulance transports of patients it falsely claimed were either “bed-confined” or for whom such transport was otherwise medically necessary. The government further alleged that MMC personnel provided North East with statements containing incomplete or inaccurate information about the medical necessity of transporting patients by ambulance, which North East thereafter used to bill Medicare. DOJ (ME)

February 16, 2018

The University of North Texas Health Science Center agreed to pay roughly $13 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by inaccurately measuring, tracking and paying researchers for effort spent on certain NIH-sponsored research grants. DOJ (NDTX)

February 13, 2018

British Knitwear Retailer Pure Collection Ltd. and its CEO Samantha Harrison agreed to pay $908,100 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by avoiding U.S. customs duties owed on merchandise shipped from the United Kingdom to U.S. customers, including many customers in Maine. According to the government, they did so by breaking up single shipments into multiple shipments of lesser value in order to avoid the applicable duties. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Andrew Patrick. He will receive a yet-to-be determined award from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (D. ME)

February 8, 2018

Privately owned for-profit hospice company Horizons Hospice, LLC and its owner agreed to pay roughly $1.2 million to settle claims they violated the False Claims Act for billing Medicare and Medicaid for hospice services for patients who were ineligible for hospice. The allegations originated in two whistleblower lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  DOJ (WDPA)

February 6, 2018

Tennessee-based Home Furnishings Resource Group Inc. (which also operates under the name Function Furniture First) agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by making false statements on customs declarations to avoid paying antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture imported from China. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Home Furnishings competitor University Loft Company. University Loft will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $75,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ

February 6, 2018

Maryland-based Integral Consulting Services, Inc., which provides IT solutions to federal agencies and commercial organizations, agreed to pay roughly $500,000 to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by inflating certain indirect cost rates in connection with work performed on a Department of the Army contract. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $92,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (MD)

February 6, 2018

Kentucky ENT physician Phillip B. Klapper, M.D., Patricia Klapper, and Phillip B. Klapper, P.S.C. agreed to pay roughly $2.8 million to settle claims they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act which falsely indicated that audiological tests were performed by licensed and certified personnel  and/or the testing results were altered to enable some claimants to appear to have hearing losses. DOJ (WDKY)

February 2, 2018

Memphis Operator, LLC (d/b/a Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center) agreed to pay $500,000 to settle claims of violating the False Claims Act for billing Medicare for services to residents of Spring Gate that were materially substandard, worthless and were provided in violation of certain essential requirements that the United States expects skilled nursing facilities to meet. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ (WDTX)
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