Daniel Kool, Portland Press Herald, Maine
Feb. 14—A pair of former Martin's Point employees were awarded more than $5.6 million after bringing whistleblower complaints against six health plans accused of keeping $300 million in overpayments from the federal government.
Jane Rollinson and Daniel Gregorie received the money as part of a $29 million settlement agreement with New York-based SVCMC, formerly known as St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of New York, the Department of Justice announced Friday.
The company was accused, alongside Maine-based Martin's Point and several others, of knowingly keeping overpayments by the U.S. Department of Defense for health care provided to veterans and their families.
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The accusations involve payments made through the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan, which provides health care to more than 100,000 military retirees and their families. All told, the companies were accused of retaining more than $300 million between 2008 and 2012.
"Instead of notifying the government of the overpayments or repaying the funds, Saint Vincent, along with the other five USFHP plans, took steps to conceal the existence of the overpayments from (the Defense Health Agency), continued to submit invoices at the inflated payment rates, and conspired to avoid paying the money back," the department said in its announcement.
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