Carolina Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Inc. will pay $790,000 to resolve false billing allegations.

Carolina PT was a chain of 9 physical therapy practices with practices in Columbia, Irmo, Lexington, Sumter, and Mount Pleasant.

The United States contended that Carolina PT knowingly submitted claims to Medicare and TRICARE for services provided to multiple patients simultaneously as though the services were being provided to one patient at a time.

As a result, Carolina PT received higher reimbursements than it should have.

This settlement resolves a lawsuit originally filed in the US District Court for the District of South Carolina by Hilary Moore, a former employee of Carolina PT.

Under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, Moore will receive $142,200 from the settlement, and her attorneys will recoup fees from Carolina PT in the amount of $38,000.

The claims resolved by this settlement are allegations only and there has been no determination of liability.