Johnson City Physicians to Pay $4.25 Million to Resolve Civil False Claims Allegations Re Unapproved Foreign Drugs
GREENEVILLE, Tenn.- William R. Kincaid, M.D., Millard R. Lamb, M.D., and Charles O. Famoyin, M.D., former partners in East Tennessee Hematology-Oncology Associates, P.C., d/b/a McLeod Cancer and Blood Center (McLeod Cancer) in Johnson City, Tenn., have agreed to pay via separate settlement agreements $4.25 million, plus interest, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the submission to the Medicare and TennCare/Medicaid programs of false claims for misbranded, unapproved chemotherapy drugs that were administered through the McLeod Cancer clinic.
Action Details
- Date:July 2, 2013
- Agency:U.S. Attorney
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions