December 21, 2018

The United States has partially intervened in a False Claims Act case initiated by a whistleblower against Wheeling Hospital Inc. along with Wheeling’s management consultant R & V Associates Ltd., and Wheeling’s CEO, Ronald Violi.  The defendants are alleged to have violated the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute including through its payments to physicians based on referrals by those physicians and/or in excess of fair market value.  The whistleblower, Louis Longo, was previously Wheeling’s executive vice president.  DOJ

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