Kellum Family Practice settles
A San Antonio medical group, two of its principal physicians and two others have agreed to pay the $1.5 million to settle a whistle patagonia better sweater 1 4-zip men'sblower lawsuit that alleged the practice employed unlicensed personnel to treat patients.
, physicians Sr. and Daniel Kellum Jr., and the pair accused of practicing medicine without a license Delfin Palor and Edgar Lumalu did not admit any wrongdoing in agreeing to settle.
The settlement marks the culmination of seven patagonia black hole pack 35l reviewyears of litigation that began with a whistle blower complaint brougpatagonia store venturaht by , a former medical assistant at the Kellum practice. Her suit alleged hundreds, if not thousands, of patients were treated at the practice by Papatagonia jackets cheap1lor and Lumalu.
The Justice Department joined the suit in 2008, accusing the practice and principals of submitting fraudulent claims for physician services performed by Palor and Lumalpatagonia jackets cheapu on
Efforts to reach patagonia jackets cheap2their Kellums and their attorney Monday were patagonia coupons free shippingunsuccessful. District Court in San Antonio on Thursday.
For bringing the lawsuit under the federal False Claims Act, Stewart stands to receive $250,000, or 17 percent, of the settlement. Her lawyer, , could not be reapatagonia jackets cheap0ched for comment.
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The Kellums also entered into a corporate integrity agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services and the agency s .
Under a corporate integrity agreement, a health care provider consents to certain compliance obligations in exchange for not being excluded from participating in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal programs. The length of the agreement couldn t be determpatagonia everlong review imacined, but they are usually five years. A spokeswoman for the inspector general s office did not have an immediate comment.
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Court papers unsealed last year indicated the civil case sparked a criminal probe, though no charges were ever filed against anyone. The FBI obtained a search warrant for the practice s premises in 2007 and seized computer hard drives and documents.
In an unrelated matter, the elder Kellum was assessed a $1patagonia guide pants 1930,000 penalty by the for failure to obtapatagonia guide pants 74%in (a) patient s neurology records from a prior treating physician, according to the board s website.
