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Indian-American CEO And Company Reach Settlement In False Claims Allegations
The Settlement resolves allegations that Prime submitted or caused the submission of fraudulent claims to Medicare, the press release said.
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, William M. McSwain announced Feb. 14, that Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. (“Prime”) and Prime’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Prem Reddy, have agreed to pay the government $1.25 million to settle allegations that two Prime hospitals in Pennsylvania – Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia and Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol – knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare.