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Illinois Ambulance Company Settles Case Involving False Claims

On November 28, 2016, Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, Ltd. (MJFH), an ambulance company in Mattoon, Illinois, entered into a $126,425.02 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that MJFH submitted claims to Medicare for emergency ambulance transportation 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 Senior Counsels Geoffrey Hymans and Andrea Treese Berlin, collaborated to achieve this settlement.

Action Details

  • Date:November 28, 2016
  • Enforcement Types:
    • CMP and Affirmative Exclusions