Date Filed:
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Settlement Amount:
$2,080,000
A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Vantage Oncology LLC who is accused of submittung false claims to Medicare for radiation oncology services performed at its Illinois centers from 2007 through June 2012.
The whistleblower in this case will receive $354,450 of the government's recovery.
The case was filed by a whistleblower in November 2010. The government's complaint alleged that Vantage double billed and overbilled Medicare for certain procedures, billed for services that lacked supporting documentation and improperly billed for radiation treatment provided to patients without proper physician supervision.
