A settlement has been reached to resolve False Claims Act Allegations against MD2U Holding Company.
The allegations arose by a lawsuit claiming MD2U Holding Company intentionally submitted false medical claims to Medicare and other government health care programs, altered records to support false claims and provided services that were medically unnecessary.
According to the government’s complaint, between July 1, 2007, and Nov. 30, 2014, MD2U submitted false billings for patients who were neither homebound nor home-limited; improperly billed the government for medically unnecessary visits; billed government health care programs at the highest payment codes; and cloned medical records in order to justify patient visits.
“This provider billed for medically unnecessary home visits and often grossly exaggerated the level of service provided,” said Special Agent in Charge Derrick L. Jackson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) in Atlanta.
MD2U Holding Company and its President and CEO J. Michael Benfield, Chief Information Officer Greg Latta and Chief Operations Officer Karen Latta can fulfill their obligations to pay the consent judgment by paying $3.3 million and a percentage of MD2U’s net income throughout the next five years. Additionally, MD2U Holding Company and its owners have agreed to enter into a five-year corporate integrity agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.
