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July 10, 2018

Posted  July 17, 2018

Liberty Ambulance agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle an FCA qui tam alleging that, from 2005 to 2016, Liberty had fraudulently upcoded life support services and unnecessarily transported patients.  The case was filed by whistleblower Shawn Pelletier, who will receive $264,000 from the settlement, on top of $1.2 million he had received from prior settlements with other defendants.  USAO MDFL

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