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Company: Lags Medical Clinics
Penalty: $11,400,000
Year: 2023
Date: July 11, 2023
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, announced a settlement with the owner of one of California's largest chains of pain management clinics over allegations that he defrauded Medi-Cal and Medicare of millions of dollars. Dr. Francis Lagattuta and his business, Lags Medical Clinics, which run more than 20 facilities in California's Central Valley and Central Coast, carried out medically unnecessary tests and procedures on thousands of patients, and billed Medi-Cal and Medicare for these services over the course of more than five years.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
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