Lincare Holdings Inc., a supplier of home oxygen equipment, has agreed to pay $526,000 to end a federal whistleblower lawsuit that claimed that three of the company's Massachusetts facilities overbilled Medicare, authorities said last week. The settlement agreement states that the payment is not an admission of liability by Lincare. Last month, Lincare agreed to pay $12 million to resolve federal allegations that it gave kickbacks to providers.
June 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Lincare Holdings Inc., a supplier of home oxygen equipment, has agreed to pay $526,000 to end a federal “whistleblower” lawsuit that claimed three of the company’s Massachusetts facilities overbilled Medicare, authorities said last week.
Authorities had claimed that Clearwater, Fla.-based Lincare’s facilities in Marlborough, Dudley and Leicester, Mass., overbilled between January 1999 and March 2004, U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan said.
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