The following healthcare organizations entered into settlement agreements to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act since June 1.
1. St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center to pay $3.2M to resolve false billing allegations
Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center will pay $3.2 million to resolve allegations it submitted false claims for payment to the New York Medicaid program.
2. Lexington Medical Center settles federal civil lawsuit for $17M
West Columbia, S.C.-based Lexington Medical Center agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and Stark Law by maintaining improper financial arrangements with 28 physicians.
3. Minnesota hospice provider to pay $18M for alleged false claims to Medicare
Eden Prarie, Minn.-based Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care, now Optum Palliative and Hospice Care, will pay $18 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare.
4. NJ hospital to pay $450k for allegedly billing Medicare for unnecessary heart procedures
Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, N.J., agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve false claims allegations. The settlement resolves allegations that Saint Michael's submitted claims to Medicare and Medicaid for cardiac procedures that were not medically necessary.
5. The role EMRs played in this multimillion dollar false claims violation settlement
MD2U, a Louisville, Ky.-based home care provider, agreed to pay $3.3 million and a percentage of the company's net income over five years to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
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