Central Coast In-Patient Consultant, Inc, Agreed to Pay $750,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Submitting Claims for Services that Misidentified the Rendering Provider and for Services by Non-Enrolled Providers

After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Central Coast In-Patient Consultants, Inc. (CCIC), California, agreed to pay $750,000 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. OIG alleged that CCIC submitted claims for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries at a hospital when those physicians were not properly enrolled as Medicare Part B providers and when the names and National Provider Identifier numbers of physicians who did not furnish the services were used on claims submitted to and paid by the Medicare program for the services furnished by those non-enrolled physician.

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