February 02, 2007
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama announced that Southern Radiology Services, LLC will pay the United States $36,000 to settle civil claims arising out of charges SRS submitted claims to Medicare for services performed by unqualified technologists.
The suit originated as a whistleblower action filed under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act. The whistleblower, a former SRS employee, alleging that SRS billed Medicare for portable X-ray services performed by unqualified technologists, including student technologists.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office issued a press release on January 23, 2007.