The United States has intervened in a False Claims Act case alleging that Arriva Medical and its parent Alere, now a unit of Abbott, submitted or caused false claims to the Medicare program for medically unnecessary glucometers and paid kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries in the form of free glucometers and copayment waivers, the Justice Department announced. Additionally, the government has informed the court that it is adding Ted Albin, a reimbursement consultant for Arriva, as an additional defendant in the action. The False Claims Act lawsuit alleges, among other things, that Arriva, with the oversight and approval of Alere, offered “free upgrades” of glucometers to Medicare beneficiaries, the DOJ said. “The claims in which the United States has intervened are allegations only, and there has been no determination of liability,” the DOJ noted.
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