AGREEMENT PRESS RELEASE
Kalispell Regional Healthcare System to Pay $24 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Published by the United States Department of Justice | View article on www.justice.gov
Montana-based Kalispell Regional Healthcare System (KRH) along with six subsidiaries and related entities - Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC), HealthCenter Northwest LLC (HealthCenter), Flathead Physicians Group LLC (Flathead), Northwest Horizons LLC (NH), Northwest Orthopedics & Sports Medicine LLC (NOSM), and Applied Health Services Inc. (AHS), (collectively, "KRH entities") - have agreed to pay $24 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying physicians more than fair market value, and by conspiring to enter into arrangements that improperly induced referrals, the Department of Justice announced today.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Montana Health System Pays IA Stipulated Penalty
Penalty Amount: $0
Filed under: Stipulated Penalties and Material Breaches
On September 10, 2019, Kalispell Regional Healthcare System, Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Inc., HealthCenter Northwest, LLC, and Northwest Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, LLC (collectively, "KRHS"), paid a stipulated penalty of $65,000 for failing to comply with certain CIA requirements. Specifically, KRHS: (1) failed to conduct Board Member training within 90 days after the CIA effective date for six of its Board members; and (2) falsely certified that it was in compliance with all the requirements of the CIA.