King's Daughters Medical Center to Pay Nearly $41 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Billing for Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures and Kickbacks
Ashland Hospital Corp. d/b/a King's Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) has agreed to pay $40.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs for medically unnecessary coronary stents and diagnostic catheterizations and had prohibited financial relationships with physicians referring patients to the hospital, the Justice Department announced today.
Action Details
- Date:May 28, 2014
- Agency:U.S. Department of Justice
-
Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions