Two Weymouth-based ambulance companies have agreed to pay back $6 million to the state for overcharging MassHealth through false claims, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced Monday.
The attorney general’s office said it began investigating allegations Brewster Ambulance Service and EasCare after receiving a whistleblower lawsuit filed in Massachusetts, the attorney general’s office said in a press release. The two companies provide ambulance and wheelchair transportation services to MassHealth patients across Greater Boston the South Shore and are, collectively, the largest medical transportation provider in the state.
Brewster Ambulance CEO Mark Brewster said in a statement to MassLive that the company was “pleased” to have settled the lawsuit.
“To be clear, the trips at issue were completed and this settlement reflects concerns about paperwork,” the statement reads. “We stand ready to work with state leaders and regulators to help clarify and strengthen documentation requirements so that this type of litigation doesn’t continue to impact our industry and our health care system.”
The attorney general’s office’s investigation uncovered that Brewster Ambulance and EasCare fraudulently “upcoded” MassHealth claims by billing for more expensive levels of services than they actually provided or were required, the attorney general’s office said. In some cases, they billed for emergency services when only nonemergency services were provided or required.
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