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million to settle lawsuits thatallegeed Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government health care programxs for prescription medications, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The settlementy was the result of two whistleblower lawsuits broughtt by formerpharmacy technicians, who allegede that Queen’s overbilled the state’s Medicard and Medicaid programs, as well as TRICARE, the federapl health insurance program for military according to a news release from U.S. Attorneyu Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filed under the federapl and state FalseClaims Acts, which alloa the government to claim up to triple the damages, plus for submitting false claims to government programs. The two formert employees allege Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychoticv medications that were dispensee by the hospital pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizedd bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accused of billing from 1999 to 2006 for serviceds provided by medical residents who were supposed to be supervisedx byother doctors, but that the supervision did not Kubo’s office said.
Under the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 million to the federa government, which shared $400,000 of the proceeds with the twoformef employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliance program to ensures its billings conform to the rulees for five years under a corporate integrity agreemenft with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Queen's issued this " denies any intentional wrongdoing, but after five yearx of discussions and negotiations with the has agreed to settle this matter so that its resourcexs may be spent on providing quality healthb care rather than onlegal fees.
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