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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Medicare and Medicaid Overbilling
In 2000, the University of Chicago agreed to pay the federal government $10.9 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the university of purposely overbilling Medicare and Medicaid claims for outpatient services between 1991 and 1998. The lawsuit accused the university of defrauding the government by engaging in a practice known as “upcoding,” in which a hospital submits claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs for more expensive treatments and procedures than it provided.
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Health and Human Services
- Contracting Party
- Health and Human Services
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement
- 2/10/2000
