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A Home Health Provider Agrees To Pay $22.9 Million In False Claims Act Case

Home Health Care

million in order to resolve allegations that it paid physicians to induce referrals of patients that led to false claims to the Medicare and TRICARE programs. Offering illegal financial incentives to physicians in return for patient referrals undermines the integrity of our health care system,” U.S.

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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

Private equity-backed groups have even set up special “obstetric emergency departments” at some hospitals, which can charge expectant mothers hundreds of dollars extra for routine perinatal care. One doctor admitted prescribing the creams to scores of patients he had never seen, examined, or even spoken to, according to the suit.

Doctors 145
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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

Private equity-backed groups have even set up special “obstetric emergency departments” at some hospitals, which can charge expectant mothers hundreds of dollars extra for routine perinatal care. One doctor admitted prescribing the creams to scores of patients he had never seen, examined, or even spoken to, according to the suit.

Doctors 52