Baltimore, Maryland – Peninsula Internal Medicine, L.L.C., a medical practice located in Salisbury, Maryland, and the Estate of Candy Burns have paid the United States $286,631.33 to settle allegations that Peninsula Internal Medicine (“PIM”) and its former owner, Candy Burns, submitted false claims to the United States for medical services that were not provided.
The settlement agreement was announced today by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Maureen Dixon, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services.
“Medical providers know that they can only bill for services that are actually provided,” said United States Attorney Erek L. Barron. “The United States Attorney’s Office is committed to ferreting out fraud in Medicare and other federal healthcare programs and will hold practices and individuals accountable for their actions.”
On June 25, 2019, Candy Burns was indicted by the United States on one count of health care fraud and nine counts of wire fraud. The criminal case was captioned United States v. Burns, Criminal Case No. JKB 19-CR-313. On or about December 5, 2019, Burns suffered a brain aneurysm and persisted in a vegetative state. The United States dismissed the indictment against Burns in April 2020. In January 2021, Burns died.
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