Meharry Medical College will pay a fine to the U.S. Department of Justice after being accused of violating the False Claims Act. 

The federal government alleges that the college submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for physician services between 2016 and March 2020, because the services were performed by unsupervised, non-physician residents. The services included some in internal medicine, OB/GYN and psychiatric outpatient clinics, as well as for psychiatric consultations at Nashville General Hospital, according to a press release.