Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced a $932,000 settlement with Star Medical Supply, Inc. to settle allegations that the company violated the Maryland False Health Claims Act by charging the State’s Medicaid program for medical supplies that were neither requested nor used by Maryland Medicaid recipients. This investigation was initiated when a Medicaid recipient reported that her Medicaid number had been billed for adult incontinence supplies that she did not use or request, and that she was not familiar with Star Medical Supply. The authorizing physician also confirmed that he was out of the country on the date the paperwork supporting these claims was purportedly signed. Further investigation revealed that this was not an isolated incident and that several of Star Medical Supply’s clients and transactions could not be verified.
