The Scranton Heart Institute has agreed to pay $48,709 to settle a lawsuit alleging it improperly billed Medicare for services, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The settlement resolves allegations the institute violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to Medicare for PET scan services. Therefore, the United States contends that SHI submitted false claims to Medicare associated with imaging services using certain CPT codes that resulted from violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute. The claims resolved by the settlement are allegations only and there has been no determination of liability, a release concluded. Officials at Scranton Heart Institute could not be reached for comment.