Rural/Metro Corporation settles Qui tam suit for $2.5 million
The Department of Justice celebrates another win in the fight against fraud and False Claims Act (Qui tam) violations in a recent settlement by a major ambulance provider.
Rural/Metro Corporation, one of the nation’s largest ambulance providers, has agreed to pay the United States over $2.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act. The company was accused of providing illegal inducements to hospitals in Texas in exchange for referrals.
The settlement arose out of qui tam or whistleblower lawsuits filed in 2000 and 2001 by Daniel Block and Adam Wightman, former employees of one of Rural/Metro’s competitors. Block and Wightman will receive approximately $450,000 as a result of the qui tam settlement.
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