Aug 02, 2017 · Carolinas HealthCare has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a whistleblower lawsuit in which state and federal prosecutors also agreed to take part. The lawsuit was filed by Mark McGuire, who is the laboratory director of operations at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, according to the legal complaint.
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Jul 03, 2017 · Carolina Healthcare System Agreems To Pay $6.5 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced today that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, dba Carolinas Healthcare System (CHS), has agreed pay the Government $6.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the …
autism program have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges stemming from a long-running $12 million scheme to cheat two government-backed insurers. Ann Davis Eldridge, 57, and Angela Keith, 53 , who worked at the S.C.
However, the U.S. attorney’s office in Columbia said the case began when a whistleblower, former Early Autism Project employee Olivia Zeigler, brought the allegations to the government’s attention.
The grand jury charged Butler with a money-making scheme to over-bill Medicaid and Tricare by inflating bills sent the insurers for treating autistic children. Tricare is a government insurer for active-duty military members and their families. Federal authorities are seeking to recover $9 million from Butler.
The government is seeking $3.4 million in restitution from Eldridge and an undetermined amount from Keith, according to plea agreements filed in U.S. District Court in Columbia. Both Eldridge and Keith have agreed to testify in any upcoming grand jury proceedings or trials. At the Early Autism Project, Eldridge was a senior clinical adviser.
Last August, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Columbia announced the Early Autism Project had paid $8.8 million to settle a civil case under the False Claims Act.
autism program have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges stemming from a long-running $12 million scheme to cheat two government-backed insurers.
In Eldridge’s plea agreement, she agreed to sell properties she owns in Columbia, Greenville, Mount Pleasant and Sumter, and turn the proceeds from those sales over to the federal government. The case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney DeWayne Pearson.