SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KHQA) — Quincy Medical Group has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for medically unnecessary procedures performed by a physician who was formerly employed by the group. Monday’s settlement comes on the heels of a related settlement in August with Blessing Hospital for approximately $2.82 million.
In response to the settlement, Quincy Medical Group, QMG, issued KHQA News a statement, writing that the "procedures were performed by a single physician who has not been employed by QMG for over three years." QMG also said it reached the agreement in order to avoid "the expense and and uncertainty of prolonged litigation, and to allow QMG to focus its resources on patient care." The hospital's full statement can be read at the bottom of this article.
The settlement will be apportioned to the United States and the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri.
The United States will receive approximately $459,000, the state of Illinois will receive nearly $40,000, and the states of Iowa and Missouri will receive the remainder. The settlement resolves allegations that Quincy Medical Group obtained payments from Medicare and Medicaid for the professional services component of cardiac catheterization procedures performed between August 1, 2012, and August 30, 2018, in which the physician implanted medically unnecessary coronary arterial stents.
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