The order makes official the roughly $44.89 million fee ordered by a judge following a jury ruling that the hospital violated Stark law. Additionally, the order includes more than $4 million in “prejudgment interest” and calls for an assessment of $5,122.50 in additional interest per day after April 15 until full restitution is made, according to the report.
Federal prosecutors alleged that beginning in 2004 the hospital violated federal healthcare law by offering part-time and other employment contracts to physicians.
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