Settlement of Ambulance Company OIG Voluntary Disclosure matter

Medicare billing and coding requirements are complex and present compliance risks for all types of providers. Mitigating these compliance risks requires experienced and sophisticated legal counsel. We represented an Ohio Ambulance Company in negotiating a settlement with the Office of the Inspector General and the Ohio Attorney General (collectively “Government”) in a matter involving non-emergency transport claims that did not meet Medicare’s medical necessity requirements. Our client voluntarily disclosed their billing errors to the Government, and they declined to pursue criminal charges. We then pursued a global resolution of the civil and administrative issues, and eventually settled this matter for an amount that was agreeable to our client.