DOJ and Skagit County health clinic resolve False Claims Act investigation over the use of imported birth control medications
Seattle – The U.S. Department of Justice today reached a settlement with Skagit Family Health Clinic of Mount Vernon, Washington, over the importation of birth control medications that were unlawfully imported from a foreign source and not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Under the terms of the settlement, the clinic will pay a total of $120,000 to the state and federal governments for false claims the clinic filed with state or federal medical programs.