Behavioral Health Services Providers To Resolve False Claims Act Suits For $122M

Mealey's (July 15, 2020, 1:37 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C.  — An inpatient behavioral health management and administrative services company, one of its entities and one of its facilities in Georgia have agreed to pay $122 million to resolve allegations in 19 lawsuits that say the companies violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by fraudulently billing Medicare for services that were unnecessary or not provided and by illegally paying beneficiaries to use the Georgia facility, the U.S Department of Justice announced July 10....