False Claims Act/Qui Tam

This blog is about qui tam, a  lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act by a private plaintiff on behalf of the Federal or State Government (rather than by the Government itself). The False Claims Act was originally enacted by Congress in 1863, as a response to widespread abuses by government contractors against the Union Army during the Civil War. The qui tam provisions are now used widely and this blog is intended to keep readers up to date with all qui tam related news and to provide commentary when warranted.  This blog also contains an array of laws and regulations concerning qui tam set out in an easy to read format.

One of Nation’s Largest Ambulance Company Pays $9 Million for False Claims

by Nolan and Auerbach on October 10, 2006

American Medical Response (AMR), based in Greenwood, Colorado and considered one of the largest U.S. ambulance providers has paid the United States over $9 million to resolve claims that the company violated the False Claims Act by providing illegal inducements to hospitals in Texas in exchange for referrals. These swapping arrangements gave the medical facilities discounts on transports in exchange for the referral of ambulance transports of patients being discharged from the hospitals, which were billed to Medicare. Two former employees of AMR blew the whistle and will each receive $1,620,000 as the result of the settlement.

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