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January 28, 2019

Posted  January 28, 2019

Avanti Hospitals LLC and six of its owners will pay $8.1 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting, or causing Avanti’s subsidiary, Memorial Hospital of Gardena, to submit false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs for medical services referred by a physician who received kickbacks and other improper payments from Gardena and other Avanti affiliates. The settlement partially resolves allegations originally brought in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Dr. Joshua Luke, the former C.E.O. of Gardena Hospital. DOJ

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Hospital Fraud, Medicaid, Medicare, Whistleblower Case,