Ambulance companies in North Haven and Bridgeport have agreed to pay $595,000 to resolve allegations that they improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid for medical unnecessary transports, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly announced.
From Jan. 2008 to Aug. 2013, Nelson Ambulance Service and Access Ambulance Service routinely billed the programs for non-emergency scheduled ambulance services, such as taking beneficiaries from their homes or nursing homes to regularly scheduled dialysis appointments, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged.
The settlement allows the two companies, which share the same owner, not to admit liability.
The case was investigated by the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
