June 5, 2018

New York announced an $883,000 settlement with City Practice Group of New York, LLC (CityMD), a New York City urgent-care chain, for causing its affiliates to overbill New York State’s Empire Plan for facility fees for which they were not entitled. This practice resulted in $197,390.52 in overbilling to the government employee health insurance plan. The state investigation was prompted by a whistleblower who filed a lawsuit against CityMD under the New York False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive over $176,000 from the settlement for bringing this misconduct to light. NY

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