April 25, 2018
Posted May 14, 2018
Long Island-based pediatrics practice Freed, Kleinberg, Nussbaum, Festa & Kronberg M.D., LLP (dba Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine), along with some of the practice’s current and former physicians, agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicaid for services provided by physicians who were not enrolled in the program. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ (EDNY)
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