Florida County and its Biller Settle Case Involving False Ambulance Claims

On June 13, 2016, The Board of County Commissioners of Flagler County, Florida (Flagler County), and PST Services, Inc. (PST), entered into an $86,251 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that between September 1, 2009, and May 30, 2011, Flagler County and PST submitted, or caused to be submitted, Medicare claims for emergency ambulance transportation services provided to destinations such as skilled nursing facilities and patient residences that should have been billed at the lower non-emergency rate. The settlement agreement also resolves allegations that between June 1, 2011, and March 28, 2015, Flagler County (with no involvement of PST) submitted or caused to be submitted Medicare claims for emergency ambulance transportation services provided to destinations such as skilled nursing facilities and patient residences that should have been billed at the lower non-emergency rate. OIG's Consolidated Data Analysis Center and Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, represented by Associate Counsel Michael Torrisi and Senior Counsel Andrea Treese Berlin, collaborated to achieve this settlement.

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