The following hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies entered into settlement agreements to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute or Stark Law since January.
1. Feds settle case with Community Health Systems hospital over kickbacks
Health Management Associates in Naples, Fla., and Clearview Regional Medical Center in Monroe, Ga., which are both owned by Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, agreed to pay the federal government $595,155 to settle kickback allegations.
2. NY hospital to pay $18.8M to settle kickback allegations
Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center agreed to pay the federal government $18.8 million for its alleged violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.
3. Texas hospital to pay $21.75M to settle Stark Law allegations
Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas, agreed to pay the federal government $21.75 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act and Stark Law by having improper financial relationships with referring physicians.
4. 2 US laboratories settle false claims allegations for $48.5M
Richmond, Va.-based Health Diagnostics Laboratory and Alameda, Calif.-based Singulex agreed to pay the federal government a combined $48.5 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act.
5. Medtronic settles false claims lawsuit over government contracts
Minneapolis-based Medtronic agreed to pay $4.4 million to the federal government to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act.
6. Ohio health system pays $10M to settle kickback allegations
Nonprofit Robinson Health System, a single-hospital system based in Ravenna, Ohio, agreed to pay the federal government $10 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.
7. Portage Hospital to pay $4.4M to settle false claims allegations
Hancock, Mich.-based Portage Hospital agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle allegations its home healthcare agency violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare.
8. BioTelemetry to pay $6.4M for overbilling Medicare
BioTelemetry, a cardiac remote monitoring company based in Malvern, Pa., agreed to pay $6.4 million to resolve a False Claims Act case.
9. Florida hospital chain settles false claims allegations for $5.4M
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based nonprofit Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare agreed to pay the federal government $5.4 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by providing radiation therapy to patients without proper supervision.
10. South Shore Physician Hospital Organization settles kickback lawsuit for $1.78M
South Shore Physician Hospital Organization in Weymouth, Mass., agreed to pay $1.78 million to settle allegations it paid kickbacks to its physician members in exchange for patient referrals.
11. New Jersey pharmaceutical company settles kickback lawsuit for $39M
Daiichi Sankyo, a global pharmaceutical company with its U.S. headquarters in Parsippany, N.J., agreed to pay $39 million to the federal government and state Medicaid programs to settle allegations it paid kickbacks to physicians to prescribe its drugs.
12. Patient safety consultant to pay $1M to settle kickback allegations
Charles Denham, MD, the former chair of the Safe Practices Committee of the National Quality Forum, agreed to pay the federal government $1 million to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and accepting kickbacks.
13. Medical College of Wisconsin pays $840k to settle FCA allegations
Milwaukee-based Medical College of Wisconsin agreed to pay the federal government $840,000 to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing federal healthcare programs for procedures involving medical residents that did not receive proper supervision.
14. Medtronic settles False Claims Act case over investigational medical procedures
Medtronic, a medical device manufacturer based in Minneapolis, paid the federal government $2.8 million to resolve allegations it caused certain physicians to submit false claims to federal healthcare programs.
15. CHS settles false claims allegations for $75M
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems agreed to pay the federal government $75 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by providing funds to county governments that were used to fund Medicaid payments to hospitals.
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