University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Agreed to Pay $945,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Submitting Claims for Upcoded Services and Paying Improper Remuneration

After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC), Las Vegas, Nevada, agreed to pay $945,993.36 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. OIG alleged that UMC submitted claims for mid-level practitioner services at the physician rates in UMC’s urgent care and primary care clinics. Further, OIG alleged that UMC paid remuneration to: (1) a physician and practice in the form of additional payments for professional services; (2) a physician in the form of free space to see private dental patients; and (3) a practice and two physician managers in then form of free space, purportedly leased by the practice from UMC.