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June 26, 2019

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Health System have agreed to pay $275,000 to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medicaid in violation of the False Claims Act.  During a seven month period in 2017, the health system’s Lancaster General Hospital allegedly billed Medicaid for interpretations of obstetric ultrasounds despite its physicians failing to complete those reports in a timely manner.  In about 10% of the cases, the reports were not completed until more than 90 days after the ultrasound was performed, rendering them useless.  USAO EDPA

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Hospital Fraud, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud,

June 12, 2019

Lake Country Pharmacy and Compounding Center in Georgia, along with two of its principals, Chris and Carey Vaughan, have settled allegations filed by a whistleblower under the federal False Claims Act and Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act.  According to former pharmacist Chris Coleman, Lake Country submitted bills to Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for compounded medications that were made from non-reimbursable bulk powders but billed as if they were made from reimbursable tablets.  Without admitting or denying these charges, Lake Country agreed to pay $365,000 and enter into an Integrity Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services.  USAO MDGA

Tagged in: Compounding Pharmacy Fraud, FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Medicare,

May 31, 2019

A Kansas hospital accused of submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a qui tam suit by Bashar Awad and Cynthia McKerrigan, with about $50,000 of the recovery going to the whistleblowers.  According to the suit, from 2012 to 2013, Coffey Health System falsely attested to having conducted or reviewed security risk analyses of electronic health records (EHR), which was a requirement under a federal incentive program that pays healthcare providers for adopting certified EHR technology.  USAO KS

Tagged in: Certifications, Electronic Health Records, FCA Federal, Hospital Fraud, Medicaid, Medicare, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

May 31, 2019

Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC and Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLC (collectively “OHH”), have agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve a qui tam suit by a former employee, which alleged that OHH violated the federal and state False Claims Acts and defrauded Medicaid by submitting claims for outpatient procedures as if they were inpatient procedures.  Though multiple allegations were raised in the lawsuit, only the allegation involving the upcoded claims was intervened by the government; the other allegations will be dismissed as part of the settlement.  USAO WDOK

Tagged in: FCA Federal, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Hospital Fraud, Medicaid, Upcoding, Whistleblower Case,

May 24, 2019

The co-defendant of a mental health clinic owner who was previously sentenced to prison for submitting false claims to Medicaid and evading taxes has been sentenced to over 6 years in prison on similar charges.  Haydn Patrick Thomas, who worked as an office manager for an oral surgeon, had been convicted of providing Catinia Farrington with the names and Medicaid identification numbers of his office’s dental patients.  He then failed to pay taxes on over $1.4 million that he earned from Farrington’s clinic, with the resulting tax loss amounting to approximately $518,000.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Tax Fraud,

May 9, 2019

Paul J. Mathieu and Hatem Behiry were found guilty for their part in a $30 million scheme to defraud Medicare and the New York State Medicaid program. Between 2007 and 2013, Mathieu falsely posed as an owner of three medical clinics (the “Clinics”) in Brooklyn. During that time, the Clinics fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid for medical services and supplies that were not necessary, or were not even provided. Furthermore, Mathieu did not see any patients at that time. Instead, he falsified large stacks of bogus medical records in which he stated that he did see and treat those patients. Behiry, a physical therapy doctor, also participated in the Clinic’s fraudulent billing practices by pretending to provide physical therapy services to patients. Mathieu and Behiry have not yet been sentenced. DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud, Medicare,

May 6, 2019

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., which operates outpatient drug treatment centers in West Virginia through its subsidiary CRC Health, L.L.C., will pay $17 million to resolve claims that it improperly billed the state's Medicaid program for urine and blood testing services as if they had performed the testing themselves, despite the fact that Acadia lacked the certification to perform the tests.  In fact, the testing was performed by an independent outside laboratory, and that lab independently billed Medicaid for the tests, at a lower rate. Medicaid paid Acadia’s treatment centers $8,500,000 for the improperly-billed tests.  As part of this settlement, defendants also entered into a five-year corporate integrity agreement to maintain specified compliance programs and procedures.  USAO SDWV

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Laboratory and IDTF, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud,

May 3, 2019

Dr. Richard E. Paulus, an Ashland cardiologist, was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers. Evidence showed that Paulus implanted medically unnecessary stents in his patients and falsified the degree of stenosis in their medical records. He has been charged with one count of health care fraud and ten counts of making false statements in regard to health care matters. In addition to time in prison, Paulus must also pay $1.1 million in restitution to Medicare, Medicaid, and other private insurers who were also victims of his financial scheme. DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud, Medicare,

May 2, 2019

Chimes Delaware, which provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities in Delaware, will return $4.5 million in Medicaid funding to the state to resolve claims of billing errors in its supported employment programs and transportation services.  Chimes also agreed to institute new internal controls and billing procedures.  DE

Tagged in: Ambulance, Medicaid, Medical Billing Fraud, Provider Fraud,

April 30, 2019

Anna Ramira-Ambriz, the owner of a durable medical equipment (DME) company, pleaded guilty on March 31, 2017, to defrauding Medicare out of more than $3 million. Ramirez-Ambriz owned Compassionate Medical Supplylocated in Edinburg.  From 2007 through 2013, Ramirez-Ambriz billed Texas Medicaid for higher quantities and more costly incontinence supplies than were actually delivered. She will be sentenced to federal prison for over six years, followed by an immediate three years of supervised release. Ramira-Ambriz was also ordered to pay over $3 million in restitution to the Texas Medicaid Program. DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid, Medical Devices and DME,

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