New York Attorney General Settles Medicare Fraud Claims With Medical Waste Disposal Contractor
- January 24, 2013 by Qui Tam
- Federal False Claims Act
The Attorney General of New York announced a $2.4 million settlement with Stericycle, Inc., one of the nation’s largest medical disposal companies for overcharges top nearly 1,000 municipal entities across the state. Stericycle implemented overcharges by instituting automatic price increases without giving notice. Under the settlement, Stericycle will repay all overcharges to every municipality and agreed not to implement automatic price increases in the future
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http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-announces-24-million-settlement-stericycle-overcharging-ny-state-and