Initium Health Agreed to Pay $580,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Inappropriately Drawing Down Funds from an HHS Grant
On December 4, 2025, Initium Health (Initium), Denver, Colorado, entered into a $580,000 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that Initium used the HHS Payment Management System to draw down funds from a Health Resources and Services Administration award to conduct COVID-19 vaccine outreach that: (1) were used to pay expenses that were unrelated to the purposes of the award; (2) lacked adequate documentation; and (3) were used in a manner that violated HHS’s and Initium’s conflict of interest rules.
Action Details
- Date:December 4, 2025
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Enforcement Types:
- CMP and Affirmative Exclusions,
- COVID-19