Medical equipment provider pays $5.25M penalty for Medicare fraud
The agreement was announced Thursday by
The government claims that from 2011 to 2017, Lincare violated the federal False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by unlawfully waiving or reducing co-payments, co-insurance and deductibles for beneficiaries who were a part of a Medicare Advantage Plan operated through a private insurer. The company's goal was "to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace," the prosecutor said.
The practices led to the submission of false claims for payments to Medicare, a press release from Weinhoeft said.
The allegations were first brought to light by a whistleblower who formerly worked for the company as a billing supervisor. The whistleblower will receive
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