University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Agreed to Pay $48,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Submitting Claims that Identified the Incorrect Rendering Provider or Did Not Meet Coverage Criteria

After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT), Texas, agreed to pay $48,634.47 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. OIG alleged that UT submitted claims: (1) for services as if they were personally performed by a UT physician practitioner when the practitioner was in fact, away on paid time off; and (2) for services performed by the practitioner that otherwise did not meet Medicare and Medicaid criteria or conditions of payment.

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