CoxHealth Will Pay $60 Million to Settle Charges of Overbilling Medicare
August 20, 2008
The U.S. Department of Justice reported on July 26, 2008, the settlement of a False Claims Act case against CoxHealth of Springfield, Missouri. Cox improperly billed and received payments from the Medicare trust fund, and agreed to pay $60 million to the United States in compensation. It was also alleged that Cox provided kickbacks to physicians of the for-profit Ferrell-Duncan Clinic Inc. If you are seeing fraud on the government, contact us by calling 800-377-1812 for strictly confidential advice from experienced counsel, with no fee obligation.
