Date Filed:
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Settlement Amount:
$3,000,000
A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Midtown Imaging LLC, a radiology clinic, and its former owners Midtown Imaging P.A. and PBC Medical Imaging. They are accused of submitting false claims to Medicare during the period 2000 through 2008.
The whistleblowers will share in $600,000 of the government's recovery.
Originally filed in November 2009, the United States alleged that the West Palm Beach clinic is alleged to have submitted false claims to Medicare during the period 2000 through 2008 by entering into certain leasing and professional services agreements with referring physicians and physician groups that violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.
