Detroit-Area Hospitals Settle FCA Claims Related To Alleged Kickbacks For $29.7M

Mealey's ( June 2, 2023, 9:36 AM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A Michigan federal judge dismissed a qui tam suit filed against Detroit-area hospitals after they agreed to pay $29,744,065 to the government to resolve claims alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) in providing the services of hospital employees to non-hospital physicians for low or no cost in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and billing Medicare and Medicaid in violation of the Stark Law’s prohibition against self-referrals....