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04/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/26/2024 07:33

Iowa Nurse Practitioner Agrees To Pay Over $50,000 To Resolve Suit Alleging Fraudulent Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Prescriptions, Kickbacks

Iowa Nurse Practitioner Agrees To Pay Over $50,000 To Resolve Suit Alleging Fraudulent Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Prescriptions, Kickbacks

Ashley Brown, DNP, ARNP, from Des Moines, Iowa, has agreed to pay $52,560 to the United States to resolve allegations that she violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. ยง 3729, by signing hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for expensive orthotic braces in exchange for kickback payments of $20 per patient. The full claims against Brown are contained in a Civil Complaint filed earlier this month in the United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.

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Action Details

  • Date:April 25, 2024
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions

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