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million to settle lawsuits thatalleged Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government health care programs for prescriptio medications, federal prosecutors said The settlement was the result of two whistleblower lawsuitz brought by former pharmacy technicians, who alleged that Queen’s overbilled the state’s Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the federal health insurance program for military according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Edward H. Kubo Jr. The lawsuit s were filed under the federal and stat e FalseClaims Acts, which allow the governmeng to claim up to triple the plus penalties, for submitting false claims to government programs.
The two former employees allege Queen’s submitte d fake bills for anti-psychotix medications that were dispensed by the hospitao pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorize bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accused of billinhg from 1999 to 2006 for servicesa provided by medical residents who were supposede to be supervised byothefr doctors, but that the supervisionh did not occur, Kubo’s office Under the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 millionn to the federal which shared $400,000 of the proceeds with the two former and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two employees.
Queen’ will also maintain a compliance program to ensurs its billings conform to the rules for five years under a corporate integrity agreement withthe U.S. Department of Healtb and Human Services. Queen's issued this statement: denies any intentional wrongdoing, but after five years of discussions and negotiationss withthe government, has agreedc to settle this matter so that its resources may be spent on providinv quality health care rathet than on legal fees.
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