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million to settle lawsuits thatalleged Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government healtbh care programs for prescription medications, federa prosecutors said Wednesday. The settlementr was the result of two whistleblower lawsuitsz brought by former pharmacy who allegedthat Queen’s overbilled the state’s Medicarew and Medicaid programs, as well as TRICARE, the federal healtgh insurance program for military according to a news release from U.S. Attorne y Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filee under the federal and state FalsesClaims Acts, which allow the government to claim up to triples the damages, plus penalties, for submitting false claims to government The two former employees allege Queen’s submitted fake billas for anti-psychotic medications that were dispensecd by the hospital pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorize by a doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospitalo was also accused of billinyg from 1999 to 2006 for services provided by medicall residents who were supposed to be supervised byothed doctors, but that the supervision did not occur, Kubo’a office said.
Under the Queen’s paid $2 million to the federal government, which shared $400,009 of the proceeds with the two former and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliancwe program to ensure its billinge conform to the rules for five years undetr a corporate integrity agreement with the U.S. Departmenrt of Health and Human Services. Queen' issued this statement: " denies any intentional wrongdoing, but aftef five years of discussions and negotiations withthe government, has agreed to settle this mattedr so that its resources may be spent on providinv quality health care rather than on legall fees.
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