acculab - Whistleblower Law Blog http://whistleblower.labovick.com/articles/whistleblower-articles/health-care-fraud/medicare-fraud/ en-us Copyright 2008 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:27:53 -0500 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:23:14 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Florida-based AccuLab settles Medicare false claims allegations for $461,000 Florida based, Acculab Laboratories has agreed to settle a qui tam suit alleging false claims and fraudulent billing to Medicare. The company has agreed to pay the United States $461,000 according to the Justice Department. The allegations surrounding the Sarasota based company included included billing Medicare for laboratory services that were not ordered, were not provided, were not medically necessary or were improperly unbundled.

The whistleblower will receive $92,200 of the settlement. The whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, allows private parties, called "relators," to file an action on behalf of the United States and receive a portion of the proceeds of a settlement or judgment awarded against a defendant.

It is the American taxpayer who is victimized when a provider submits false claims to Medicare," said acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey S. Bucholtz.

The case was handled by the Justice Department's Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch; and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida. 

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