AGREEMENT PRESS RELEASE
Fayetteville, North Carolina Physician Agrees to Pay $300,000.00 to Resolve Allegedly Fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid Claims Involving Autonomic Nervous System Tests
Published by the United States Department of Justice | View article on www.justice.gov
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Acting United States Attorney, G. Norman Acker, III, announced today that Benjamin C. Udoh and Hanora Medical Center, PLLC, an internal medicine practice that Dr. Udoh operates in Fayetteville, North Carolina, have agreed to pay $300,000.00 to settle civil claims under the Federal and North Carolina False Claims Acts concerning allegations that they submitted false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid Programs for Autonomic Nervous System (“ANS”) Testing.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Attorney General Josh Stein Announces $300,000 “Operation You’ve Got Nerve” Settlement
Penalty Amount: $0
Filed under: State Enforcement Agencies
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he reached a $300,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Dr. Benjamin C. Udoh and Hanora Medical Center of Fayetteville, North Carolina, submitted false claims to Medicaid and Medicare. Today’s settlement is part of Operation You’ve Got Nerve, an ongoing effort by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Investigations Division (MID) to find and take action against providers billing Medicaid fraudulently for autonomic nervous system (ANS) testing.