According to the release, the government stated, “[t]here’s no question that health care providers are entitled to recover their reasonable costs for services they actually deliver, but we have zero patience for those who invent or inflate Medicare reimbursement claims,” said Tony West, assistant attorney general for the Civil Division. “As today demonstrates, the Justice Department will vigorously enforce the False Claims Act to protect our seniors and safeguard the Medicare trust fund.”
Kenneth Magidson, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, added that his office “is dedicated to recovering taxpayer dollars misappropriated from Medicare...we are committed to aggressively litigating civil suits against dishonest providers to protect the seniors who depend on Medicare.”