AGREEMENT PRESS RELEASE
Meadows Regional Medical Center, Inc. and Affiliates To Pay Up To $12.875 Million To Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations
Published by the United States Department of Justice | View article on www.justice.gov
SAVANNAH, GA: Meadows Regional Medical Center, Inc. ("Meadows") and others have agreed to pay the United States and Georgia a total of up to $12,875,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. The United States and State of Georgia contended that Meadows and others violated and conspired to violate the False Claims Act by submitting claims referred by physicians with whom Meadows had improper compensation arrangements, in violation of the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute. As part of the settlement, Meadows has also entered into a corporate integrity agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG).
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Pastures New III and Pastures New VI Agreed to Pay $112,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Paying Remuneration in the Form of Above Fair Market Value Payments
Penalty Amount: $0
Filed under: CIA Reportable Events
After they self-disclosed conduct to OIG pursuant to their CIA, Pastures New III, Inc. f/k/a Meadows Regional Medical Center, Inc. (Pastures New III) and Pastures New VI, Inc. f/k/a Southeast Regional Primary Care Corporation (Pastures New VI), Georgia, agreed to pay $112,013.40 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law including provisions applicable to kickbacks. OIG alleged that: (1) Pastures New VI paid remuneration to a cardiology group in the form of above fair market value payments to lease certain furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FFE); (2) Pastures New III paid remuneration to a physician in the form of above fair market value payments to lease certain FFE; and (3) Pastures New III paid remuneration to cardiology group in the form of above fair market value payments to lease certain FFE.