Additional Qui Tam Whistleblowers’ Allegations Still Pending Resolution, According to Manhattan-Based Qui TamWhistleblower Attorney Timothy J. McInnis, Esq.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex reI. JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE Plaintiffs, v. AHS HOSPITAL CORP., ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., OVERLOOK HOSPITAL, et al. U.S. District Court, Newark, NJ: Civil Action No. 08-2042 (WJM)
(SUMMIT, NJ) – Overlook Hospital and parent AHS Hospital Corporation which operates three north Jersey hospitals, have agreed to pay more than $9 million to the U.S. Government to partially settle Qui Tam Whistleblower allegations of Medicare fraud and false billing over a seven-year-period, according to attorney Timothy J. McInnis, of McInnis Law in New York City, (WhistleblowerLegal.com) who represents the two whistleblowers who brought the case on behalf of the United States in 2008.
As alleged in the Complaint which is being partially settled, AHS Hospital Corporation, Atlantic Health Systems, Inc., and Overlook Hospital (“AHS”) frequently billed Medicare Part A for services provided to elderly persons under more expensive in-patient billing codes. Instead, the care provided to these elderly patients should have been billed under less expensive “observation” or “out-patient” procedure codes, the Complaint states.
Read the Complete AHS $9 Million Qui Tam Whistleblower News Release from McInnis Law
Read The AHS Whistleblower Complaint
Read The AHS Whistleblower Settlement Agreement
