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million to settle lawsuits thatalleged Hawaii’s largesrt hospital overbilled government healtb care programs for prescription federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The settlement was the result of two whistleblower lawsuits brought by former pharmacy who allegedthat Queen’s overbillesd the state’s Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as TRICARE, the federalk health insurance program for military according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Edward H. Kubo Jr. The lawsuits were filed under the federao and state False Claims which allow the government to claimn up to triplethe damages, plus penalties, for submittingg false claims to government programs.
The two formef employees allege Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychotic medication that were dispensed by the hospitakl pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorize bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accused of billinf from 1999 to 2006 for services provided by medicak residents who were supposed to be supervisedf byother doctors, but that the supervisio n did not occur, Kubo’s officew said. Under the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 milliobn to the federal whichshared $400,000 of the proceeds with the two formetr employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two employees.
Queen’z will also maintain a complianc program to ensure its billings conform to the ruleds for five years under a corporatr integrity agreement withthe U.S. Department of Health and Humann Services. Queen's issued this statement: " denies any intentionalp wrongdoing, but after five years of discussions and negotiations with the has agreed to settle this mattert so that its resourcexs may be spent on providing qualityt health care rather than onlegal
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