September 28, 2020

Lakeway Regional Medical Center, LLC will pay $1,119,177 to resolve allegations that the hospital submitted false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the form of claims for payment for services that were based on referrals from doctors offered investment in a joint venture to purchase and then lease the hospital back to LRMC.  The government alleged that such an arrangement was unlawful under the Anti-Kickback Statute.  The case was initiated by a qui tam complaint filed by Dr. Robert Van Boven and Sharon Van Boven.  USAO WD TX

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