A San Francisco telehealth company has agreed to pay more than $3.3 million to settle a billing fraud case that was unearthed by a whistleblower, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

Circle Medical Care of California, Circle Medical Technologies, Inc. and their medical director Dr. Nicole Tsang were accused of filing claims for reimbursement to federal healthcare providers and commercial insurance companies using National Provider Identifier numbers of physicians who did provide the services.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.