Alpharetta, GAA federal whistleblower lawsuit claiming that Dr. Jeffrey Gallups, the owner of Milton Hall Surgical Associates in Georgia, directed his physicians—one of whom blew the whistle-- to order unnecessary tests for their patients to defraud government health programs has reached a $3 million settlement.
Gallups ordered the wrong doctor to scam the feds. Former staff doctor Myron Jones quit his job with Milton Hall (also known as the Ear, Nose and Throat Institute) in June 2017, two years after being hired at one of its clinics. According to his complaint, Dr Jones feared retaliation for challenging the kickback practices and he challenged these practices by filing a complaint under the False Claims Act.
Jones alleged under seal in 2017 that Gallups and Milton Hall made millions of dollars in kickbacks from health care service providers for sham medical procedures for which they illegally got federal reimbursements, reports Law360. Jones asserted that he and other doctors were told to order unnecessary tests for all patients over the age of 12, and that the patients often received surprise bills for thousands of dollars despite being told the tests wouldn't cost them anything.
(Also in 2017, Stryker Corporation acquired Entellus and chose not to renew its contract with Gallups. In 2020 Stryker agreed to pay...
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