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=== Lincare admits to Medicare fraud - ''United States ex rel. Montgomery et al. v. Lincare Holdings, Inc., 2:21-cv-151'' (''May 3, 2021'') ===

A ''qui tam'' complaint was filed against Lincare by previous employees turned whistleblowers on May 3, 2021. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-28 |title=Fully Executed Settlement Agreement |url=https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/5._lincare_final_fully_executed_settlement_agreement.pdf |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=Justice.gov}}</ref> Lincare continued to bill patients for home respiratory and oxygen equipment after equipment was paid off, among other forms of Medicare fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|title=Lincare Holdings Agrees to Pay $29 Million to Resolve Claims of Overbilling Medicare for Oxygen Equipment in Largest-Ever Health Care Fraud Settlement in Eastern Washington|date=2023-08-28|work=United States Attorney's Office|access-date=2025-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713024221/https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|archive-date=2025-07-13|url-status=live}}</ref> The settlement was announced August 28, 2023. Lincare was placed on another 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement with HHS.

A ''qui tam'' complaint was filed against Lincare by previous employees turned whistleblowers on May 3, 2021. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-28 |title=Fully Executed Settlement Agreement |url=https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/5._lincare_final_fully_executed_settlement_agreement.pdf |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=Justice.gov |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240406035905/https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/5._lincare_final_fully_executed_settlement_agreement.pdf |archive-date=6 Apr 2024}}</ref> Lincare continued to bill patients for home respiratory and oxygen equipment after equipment was paid off, among other forms of Medicare fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|title=Lincare Holdings Agrees to Pay $29 Million to Resolve Claims of Overbilling Medicare for Oxygen Equipment in Largest-Ever Health Care Fraud Settlement in Eastern Washington|date=2023-08-28|work=United States Attorney's Office|access-date=2025-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713024221/https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|archive-date=2025-07-13|url-status=live}}</ref> The settlement was announced August 28, 2023. Lincare was placed on another 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement with HHS.

===Lincare negligence leads to the death of 27 year old man with Sleep Apnea (''July 2, 2025'')===

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 === Lincare admits to Medicare fraud - ''United States ex rel. Montgomery et al. v. Lincare Holdings, Inc., 2:21-cv-151'' (''May 3, 2021'') ===
-A ''qui tam'' complaint was filed against Lincare by previous employees turned whistleblowers on May 3, 2021. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-28 |title=Fully Executed Settlement Agreement |url=https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/5._lincare_final_fully_executed_settlement_agreement.pdf |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=Justice.gov}}</ref> Lincare continued to bill patients for home respiratory and oxygen equipment after equipment was paid off, among other forms of Medicare fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|title=Lincare Holdings Agrees to Pay $29 Million to Resolve Claims of Overbilling Medicare for Oxygen Equipment in Largest-Ever Health Care Fraud Settlement in Eastern Washington|date=2023-08-28|work=United States Attorney's Office|access-date=2025-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713024221/https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|archive-date=2025-07-13|url-status=live}}</ref> The settlement was announced August 28, 2023. Lincare was placed on another 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement with HHS.
+A ''qui tam'' complaint was filed against Lincare by previous employees turned whistleblowers on May 3, 2021. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-28 |title=Fully Executed Settlement Agreement |url=https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/5._lincare_final_fully_executed_settlement_agreement.pdf |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=Justice.gov |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240406035905/https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/5._lincare_final_fully_executed_settlement_agreement.pdf |archive-date=6 Apr 2024}}</ref> Lincare continued to bill patients for home respiratory and oxygen equipment after equipment was paid off, among other forms of Medicare fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|title=Lincare Holdings Agrees to Pay $29 Million to Resolve Claims of Overbilling Medicare for Oxygen Equipment in Largest-Ever Health Care Fraud Settlement in Eastern Washington|date=2023-08-28|work=United States Attorney's Office|access-date=2025-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713024221/https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/lincare-holdings-agrees-pay-29-million-resolve-claims-overbilling-medicare-oxygen|archive-date=2025-07-13|url-status=live}}</ref> The settlement was announced August 28, 2023. Lincare was placed on another 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement with HHS.
 ===Lincare negligence leads to the death of 27 year old man with Sleep Apnea (''July 2, 2025'')===