HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AGREES TO PAY $4 MILLION TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

Baltimore, Maryland - CVR Management, LLC, a professional services corporation in Greenbelt, Maryland, along with the Center for Vein Restoration, Center for Vascular Medicine (CVM), LLC, and Sanjiv Lakhanpal, MD, FACS, agreed to pay the United States $4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for medically unnecessary vein treatment procedures.

Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the settlement withSpecial Agent in Charge Maureen Dixon, Department of Health and Human Services Office of Ins...