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Delaware Hospital System to Pay $47 Million to Settle Billing Fraud Claims

Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for patient referrals, resulting in fraudulent Medicaid billing. The settlement announced Friday …

J&J Subsidiary to Pay $9.75M to Settle Claims of Free Products to Induce Surgeon

A subsidiary of health care company Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle allegations that it violated federal and state law by providing free products to a surgeon to induce him to use its products …

New Hampshire Hospital to Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve Kickback Claims

New Hampshire’s Catholic Medical Center has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated federal law against kickbacks. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, the Manchester hospital paid its cardiologists to cover for another cardiologist’s patients when …