Government
Pa. HMO settles false claims charges
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted July 25, 2005
AmeriChoice of Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia-based Medicare and Medicaid HMO, in June settled false claims allegations by agreeing to pay the federal government $1.6 million.
The government accused AmeriChoice of violating federal civil false claims laws by failing to process or pay physician or other health care claims in a timely fashion and making inaccurate reports of claims processing data to the state between 1995 and 1998. AmeriChoice, which operates in 13 states, denied any wrongdoing. It was acquired by UnitedHealth Group in 2002.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/07/25/gvbf0725.htm.