A settlement has been reached to resolve False Claims Act allegations against Intermountain Health Care Inc who is accused of engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians.
These allegations were brought by the Justice Department’s Civil Division, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The $25,500,000 settlement resolves claims that Intermountain Health Care Inc allowed for employment agreements under which the physicians received bonuses that improperly took into account the value of some of their patient referrals; and office leases and compensation arrangements between Intermountain and referring physicians that violated other requirements of the Stark Statute. These issues were disclosed to the government by Intermountain.
The claims settled by this agreement are allegations only.
