Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center settles Qui tam suit
The Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center in Redlands has paid the government more than $2 million to settle allegations that it fraudulently overbilled federal health insurance programs. The government received notice that a federal judge had unsealed allegations against Loma Linda BMC contained in a "whistle blower" qui tam lawsuit.
The qui tam settlement - includes interest -resolves allegations made against Loma Linda BMC in a lawsuit filed pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The qui tam lawsuit was filed in 1998 by a former employee of Health care Financial Advisors (HFA). The lawsuit alleges that HFA helped its hospital clients seek reimbursement for unallowable costs.
The Loma Linda BMC qui tam settlement is the latest in a series of settlements with defendants in the suit. Last year, Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami paid more than $14 million and St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Neb., paid more than $4 million to settle qui tam allegations that they had failed to disclose and return overpayments made by the Medicare and state programs.
Click Here To Read about the case in the Corporate Crime Reporter and Redlands Daily Facts
