January 4, 2024

Florida-based H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Hospital Inc. (Moffitt) has agreed to pay over $19.5 million to resolve allegations of violating federal and state False Claims Acts over a 6-year period.  A majority of the settlement proceeds, $18.2 million, will go to the federal government, while $1.3 million will go to the State of Florida.  The hospital allegedly billed the government for items and services that should have been billed to non-government sponsors.  DOJ

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