DIALYSIS COMPANY ORDERED TO PAY GOVERNMENT BACK AFTER WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT
A U.S. District Court Judge in St. Louis has ordered Renal Care Group, a kidney dialysis company, to pay $19.4 million back to Medicare in a whistle-blower lawsuit. The suit claimed that the firm created a shell company to earn an extra 30 percent on dialysis supplies — money that is supposed to go only to independent companies. The judge wrote in his ruling that the relationship between the two companies “showed a reckless disregard for Medicare statutes and regulations.” Robert Patrick, St. Louis Post Dispatch.