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Corporate Integrity Agreement with Healthnet, Inc.

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AGREEMENT PRESS RELEASE

Indiana University Health and HealthNet to Pay $18 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims

Published by the United States Department of Justice | View article on www.justice.gov

The Department of Justice announced today that Indiana University Health Inc. (IU Health) and HealthNet Inc., have agreed to pay a total of $18 million to resolve allegations that they violated federal and state false claims laws by engaging in an illegal kickback scheme related to the referral of HealthNet's OB/GYN patients to IU Health's Methodist Hospital. Under the settlement agreement, IU Health and HealthNet each will pay approximately $5.1 million to the United States and $3.9 million to the State of Indiana.