January 16, 2024

Silver Lake Hospital, a long-term care hospital in New Jersey, will pay $18.6 million, and its principal investors Dr. Richard Lipsky and Columbus Management South LLC will pay another $12 million, to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act and Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act (FDCPA).  The hospital allegedly claimed excessive cost outlier payments from Medicare, well in excess of its needs or ability to repay, and transferred millions of dollars to investors without receiving equivalent value in return.  DOJ

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