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In Their Own Words -- Pugh III

Posted  July 18, 2017

— “Medicare providers have a legal and moral obligation to provide only those services that are medically necessary and to ensure that claims seeking payment accurately reflect the services that are actually provided. The misrepresentation or falsification of those claims not only violates provisions of the False Claims Act but the public’s trust.”

Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General speaking on a recent settlement of False Claims Act allegations. DOJ

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