A lawsuit filed by the federal government in Indianapolis accuses a medical products supplier based in northeastern Illinois of falsely billing Medicare for $789,579 in medical equipment.
The government claims Criterion Medical Corp. of Braidwood, Ill. submitted 1,427 false claims between May 2002 and October 2007, billing the government for knee and calf replacement liners.
A government investigation determined those liners were not medically necessary and that Criterion acted recklessly.
The government seeks reimbursement and unspecified damages.
Attempts today to reach Criterion were unsuccessful.
Although the company has an active Web site, phone numbers listed for Criterion are disconnected.
The billings were for Medicare patients in Indiana.
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