June 15, 2009
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to settle a whistleblower suit that alleged its hospital violated the False Claims Act. The suit contended that University Hospital submitted claims to Medicaid for outpatient physician services that were also being billed by doctors working in the hospital’s outpatient centers.
The Justice Department press release said that the $2 million is in addition to $4.9 million UMDNJ had already paid to resolve criminal charges of double billing.