Citizens Medical Center, a county-owned hospital in Victoria, Texas, paid the United States government $21,750,000 to settle, without admitting wrongdoing, a whistleblower suit under the False Claims Act. The whistleblowers, competing physicians, will receive $5,981,250 from the recovery.
Tag: Federal Anti-Kickback Statute
Deal structure. Governance. M&A.
Those were among the subjects of this past weekend’s Advanced Institute For Anesthesia Practice Management in Las Vegas, the premier national conference on actionable anesthesia business issues.
Is that carve out from your exclusive contract really a kickback to referring physicians?
Is that carve out from your exclusive contract really a kickback to referring physicians?
Entrepreneurial medical practices are constantly seeking ways to expand their business and their profit. I’m all in favor of that and I’m sure you are, too – of course, as long as it’s done legally. Demands for kickbacks are quite another thing. You probably think of kickback demands from referring physicians in one or both of the […]