December 18, 2020

Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest LLP and its affiliate THHBP Management Company LLC will pay $48 million to resolve claims brought in a whistleblower suit by two of the hospitals’ physicians alleging that the defendants violated the False Claims Act, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute.  Agreements between the hospital and its physician-owners required the doctors to have 48 patient-contacts a year in order to maintain their ownership interests.  The U.S. did not intervene in the action; the whistleblowers, Dr. Mitchell Magee and Dr. Todd Dewey, will collectively receive $13.92 million, 29% of the total settlement, as a whistleblower reward.  DOJ

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