tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 35

Enforcement: FEDS HAVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT TARGETS IN HIGH PLACES

Bluegrass State's lieutenant govenor settles FCA suit. When it comes to health care fraud, the Department of Justice isn't afraid to set its sights on high-ranking public officials. The feds Sept. 2 secured a $162,000 settlement from Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Dr. Stephen Henry, the U.S. attorney's office in Louisville reports. The resolution will allow Dr. Henry to put behind him civil False Claims Act charges relating to surgeries at the University of Louisville Hospital. The allegations are typical of those that have dogged academic medical centers and teaching physicians for years: The government maintained that Henry caused...

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