Urgent care company must repay $12M for filing false medical claims, officials say
Two doctors who owned a chain of urgent care clinics in Tucson and Phoenix are out of business and their company must repay more than $12 million obtained by filing false medical insurance claims.
Patients at the clinics, which operated under the name Urgent Care Extra, may have been subjected to unnecessary tests and procedures as part of a scheme to boost the company’s income, said a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona.
UCXtra Umbrella LLC, the chain’s Gilbert-based parent firm, pleaded guilty to health-care fraud and engaging in monetary transactions derived from unlawful activity.
The company operated more than 30 clinics, most in Tucson and Phoenix. The sites collectively had more than 1 million patient visits from 2012 to 2016, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
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