A one-time Baltimore-based military health services contractor will pay $2.2 million to settle allegations that it over-billed the federal government and filed false claims in a double-payment profit scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of Maryland. Under the federal False Claims Act, Sierra Military Health Services LLC, a subsidiary of Sierra Health Services, Inc., was accused of submitting false claims for payment from the Tricare Management Activity, which operates under the Defense Department. The TMA manages the health care program for the military's active duty and retired personnel and their families. The U.S. Attorney's office said that Sierra and a sub-contractor, Post Acute Care LLC, billed the government for the same services. As part of the settlement, Sierra, which was bought by UnitedHealth Group in 2007 and is no longer in operation, did not admit to violating the False Claims Act.

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