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million to settle lawsuits thatalleged Hawaii’s largesgt hospital overbilled government health care programx for prescription medications, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The settlement was the result of two whistleblower lawsuits brought by formerfpharmacy technicians, who alleged that Queen’s overbilled the state’es Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as TRICARE, the federa health insurance program for military dependents, according to a news releaswe from U.S. Attorney Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were file under the federal and state FalseClaimsa Acts, which allow the government to claim up to triple the damages, plus penalties, for submitting false claimx to government programs. The two former employees allege Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychotic medicationw that were dispensed by the hospital pharmacyt from 1999 to 2002 and were authorized bya doctor, but not necessarilyt by a psychiatrist, as required. The hospitapl was also accused of billing from 1999 to 2006 for servicee provided by medical residents who were supposed to be supervisex byother doctors, but that the supervision did not Kubo’s office said.
Under the Queen’s paid $2 million to the federal whichshared $400,000 of the proceeds with the two formef employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliancew program to ensure its billings conform to the rules for five yeara under a corporate integrity agreement with the U.S. Department of Healthn and Human Services. Queen's issued this " denies any intentional wrongdoing, but after five years of discussions and negotiations with the has agreed to settle this matter so that its resourcew may be spent on providing quality health care ratherf than onlegal
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