Wheelchair Company Agrees To Pay $13,500,000 To Resolve Alleged False Claims

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A medical equipment company, United Seating and Mobility (Numotion) has agreed to pay $13,500,000 to resolve allegations that the company violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA).

The settlement resolves allegations by the United States that Numotion submitted false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs for custom wheelchairs and wheelchair parts.

According to the United States’ allegations, the claims were false because they were based on patient evaluations that were unlawfully authored, completed, or signed by Numotion employees rather than being authored, completed, or signed by qualified medical professionals. Additional details of the United States’ allegations are set forth in the settlement agreement, available here.

The settlement resolves three whistleblower lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, private citizens may bring civil actions on behalf of the United States and share in any recovery obtained. The lawsuits resolved by the settlement agreement are:

United States ex rel. Weiss v. United Seating & Mobility, LLC, d/b/a Numotion (CV-20-1573-PHX-SPL)
United States ex rel. Vega v. United Seating and Mobility d/b/a Numotion, et al. (CV-21-1306-PHX-DJH)
United States and State of Tennessee ex rel. Prager v. United Seating and Mobility LLC, d/b/a Numotion (CV-22-1899-PHX-CDB)

Through a series of self-disclosures, Numotion voluntarily reported several overpayments to the United States and cooperated with the United States’ investigation. The United States considered Numotion’s self-disclosures as one of several factors in reaching the settlement amount and the resolution of the case. The settlement is neither an admission of liability by Numotion, nor a concession by the United States that its claims are not well founded.

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