Current：Home > FinanceLarge St. Louis-area urgent care chain to pay $9.1 million settlement over false claims allegations -VitalWealth Strategies
Large St. Louis-area urgent care chain to pay $9.1 million settlement over false claims allegations
View
Date：2025-04-12 20:50:38
ST. LOUIS (AP) — One of the largest urgent care chains in Missouri will pay $9.1 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims for medical services, including COVID-19 testing.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Thursday announced the settlement with Total Access Urgent Care, which operates more than two dozen clinics in the St. Louis area.
“This settlement will fully repay three federal health care programs for TAUC’s overbilling for COVID tests and office visits,” U.S. Attorney Sayler A. Fleming said in a news release.
Federal prosecutors said Total Access Urgent Care submitted false insurance claims for COVID-19 testing between April 2021 and December 2021, using improper billing codes that resulted in the company getting reimbursements at a rate that was too high.
From 2017 to 2021, TAUC was accused of falsely claiming that doctors participated in some office visits that were actually overseen by non-physician practitioners. The reimbursement rate is higher for visits involving physicians.
Total Access Urgent Care said in a statement that it “cooperated fully” with the investigation, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The company said it has improved a compliance program.
veryGood！ (914)
Related
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- When a prison sentence becomes a death sentence
- With Greenland’s Extreme Melting, a New Risk Grows: Ice Slabs That Worsen Runoff
- Some state lawmakers say Tennessee expulsions highlight growing tensions
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Getting ahead of back-to-school shopping? The 2020 Apple MacBook Air is $100 off at Amazon
- Save $20 on these Reviewed-approved noise-canceling headphones at Amazon
- Idaho Murders Case: Judge Enters Not Guilty Plea for Bryan Kohberger
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- How Massachusetts v. EPA Forced the U.S. Government to Take On Climate Change
Ranking
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- As pandemic emergencies end, some patients with long COVID feel 'swept under the rug'
- Kim Kardashian Shares How Growing Up With Cameras Affects Her Kids
- Sun's out, ticks out. Lyme disease-carrying bloodsucker season is getting longer
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Sub still missing as Titanic wreckage site becomes focus of frantic search and rescue operation
- Biden says his own age doesn't register with him as he seeks second term
- Alfonso Ribeiro's Wife Shares Health Update on 4-Year-Old Daughter After Emergency Surgery
Recommendation
New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
Fear of pregnancy: One teen's story in post-Roe America
Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty to tax charges following federal investigation
With Odds Stacked, Tiny Solar Manufacturer Looks to Create ‘American Success Story’
What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
Australia Cuts Outlook for Great Barrier Reef to ‘Very Poor’ for First Time, Citing Climate Change
Biden promised a watchdog for opioid settlement billions, but feds are quiet so far
Would you like to live beyond 100? No, some Japanese say