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million to settle lawsuits thatalleged Hawaii’d largest hospital overbilled government health care programs for prescription federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The settlement was the resulgt of two whistleblower lawsuits brought by formerepharmacy technicians, who alleged that Queen’z overbilled the state’s Medicare and Medicaid as well as TRICARE, the federal health insurancr program for military dependents, according to a news releaser from U.S. Attorney Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuitsw were filed under the federal and state FalsewClaims Acts, which allow the government to claim up to tripld the damages, plus penalties, for submitting falsre claims to government programs. The two former employees allege Queen’s submitte d fake bills for anti-psychotic medications that were dispensef by the hospital pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizexd bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accused of billing from 1999 to 2006 for services provided by medicall residents who were supposed to be supervisee byother doctors, but that the supervision did not occur, Kubo’se office said.
Under the settlement, Queen’sw paid $2 million to the federal government, which shared $400,000 of the proceeds with the two former and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliance programk to ensure its billings conform to the rulesw for five years under a corporate integrityh agreement with the U.S. Department of Healthu and Human Services. Queen's issuec this statement: " denies any intentional but after five years of discussions and negotiatione withthe government, has agreedf to settle this matter so that its resources may be spentr on providing quality health care rather than on legak fees.
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