U.S. Joins Suit Against Renal Care Group Alleging False Billings to Medicare for Home Care Renal Dialysis

U.S. Newswire, July, 2007

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, 1-202-514-2007, TDD 1-202- 514-1888

WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit accusing Renal Care Group Inc. (RCG) and Renal Care Group Supply Company (RCGSC) of fraudulently billing Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The suit alleges that RCG and RCGSC fraudulently billed for supplies and equipment provided to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients who received dialysis treatments at home. Both companies are owned by Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. which was also named in the lawsuit.

The government's complaint alleges that between January 1999 and December 2005, RCGSC submitted claims to Medicare for home dialysis...

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