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Former CT Physician Pays $300K To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Former CT Physician Pays $300K To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Former CT Physician Pays $300K To Settle False Claims Act Allegations A former physician in Connecticut has reached an agreement with the federal government to pay $300,000 for issuing and approving invalid prescriptions. Philippe Chain agreed to the civil settlement to resolve the allegations that he violated the False Claims Act, U.S. Attorney John Durham said. Chain, who currently has a practice in Florida, previously practiced medicine in Connecticut. He also worked for CallMD, a telemedicine company in Nevada that involved him prescribing compound medications to TRICARE beneficiaries. Durham said that “TRICARE is the federal health care program for act…

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