U.S. Department
of Justice
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
MEDIA INQUIRIES: KATHY COLVIN |
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011
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GOVERNMENT RECOVERS MORE THAN $1.6 MILLION FROM DALLAS — The Texas cities of Plano, Frisco, Richardson, Mesquite, Celina, DeSoto, Corpus Christi, Cedar Hill, Rowlett, North Richland Hills and University Park (collectively “Cities”) have agreed to pay the U.S. and Texas the collective amount of $1.69 million to resolve allegations they violated the civil False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. The U.S. and Texas contend all the Cities caused “upcoded” claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for city-dispatched 911 ambulance transports between 2006 and 2010. All the Cities fully cooperated with the investigation, and by settling, did not admit any wrongdoing or liability. The case was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean McKenna, Assistant Texas Attorney General Sinty Chandy and OIG Senior Counsel Ellen Slavin. The case is captioned United States of America, et al. ex rel. Moore v. City of Cedar Hill, et al., Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-0233-O (N.D. Tex.). Investigations of other defendants remain ongoing. ### |