{Louisville, Kentucky}...The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday from Louisville that Rural/Metro Ambulance, an ambulance company operating in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, has agreed to pay more than $5.4 million to settle a Medicare fraud lawsuit over claims three of its subsidiaries filed false claims to Medicare for services that were not covered under the program, such as transporting patients for dialysis treatments. Carl Crawly, a former employee of Rural/Metro of Central Alabama had filed a federal whistleblower action against the ambulance company in 2009 saying the company was submitting false claims for government funds. Crawly will receive more than $1 million of the settlement. Rural/Metro Corporation, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides ambulance transportation services to Medicare beneficiaries in approximately 20 states.Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Ambulance Company Agrees To Medicare Settlement
{Louisville, Kentucky}...The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday from Louisville that Rural/Metro Ambulance, an ambulance company operating in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, has agreed to pay more than $5.4 million to settle a Medicare fraud lawsuit over claims three of its subsidiaries filed false claims to Medicare for services that were not covered under the program, such as transporting patients for dialysis treatments. Carl Crawly, a former employee of Rural/Metro of Central Alabama had filed a federal whistleblower action against the ambulance company in 2009 saying the company was submitting false claims for government funds. Crawly will receive more than $1 million of the settlement. Rural/Metro Corporation, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides ambulance transportation services to Medicare beneficiaries in approximately 20 states.