Hospital CFO Whistle-Blower Leads to $2.4M Medicare Antikickback Settlement

Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center and its parent Tulare District Healthcare System have agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging they provided kickbacks to physicians in return for referrals, according to a report in The Fresno Bee.

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Maria Lucy, CFO of Tulare Distract Healthcare, filed the suit last year, alleging that the health system provided below-market rent and land sales to physicians and other groups in return for referrals.

The hospital settled the suit without admitting any wrongdoing.

Read the Fresno Bee‘s report on the Tulare whistle-blower settlement.

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