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Healthcare consulting firm settles Medicare fraud claims

Besler & Company, Inc., a New Jersey healthcare consulting firm, will pay the United States $2.875 million to settle allegations of fraud against the federal Medicare program, according to a March 5, 2008 Justice Department press release.

A whistleblower lawsuit, filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, alleged that the firm counseled hospital clients to improperly increase charges to Medicare patients in order to obtain enhanced reimbursement.

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