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Medicare and Medicaid
Sarasota, Florida-Based Lab Company & Its President/Owner to Pay U.S. $461,000 for Alleged False Claims to Medicare
April 5th, 2008
Acculab Laboratories and its president/owner, Joseph T. DeGregorio, have agreed to pay the United States $461,000 to settle allegations that Acculab submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced. The settlement resolves allegations that the Sarasota, Fla.-based company, at the direction of DeGregorio, submitted claims to Medicare for laboratory services that were not ordered, were not provided, were not medically necessary or were improperly unbundled. The settlement resulted from a qui tam, or whistleblower suit, filed by a private citizen against Acculab. As a result of today's settlement, the whistleblower will receive $92,200 of the...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-05)
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