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KRH Agreement Requires Compliance Officer, Stipulates Penalties
Flathead Beacon | October 31, 2018 | By Tristan Scott Public document lays out details of mandatory compliance program following $24 million settlement In addition to a $24 million settlement between the Department of Justice and Kalispell Regional Healthcare, where physicians allegedly received illegal remuneration in exchange for patient referrals to in-house services, the hospital must also enter into a…
Read MoreA Whistleblower’s Journey
Flathead Beacon | October 10, 2018 | By Tristan Scott Former hospital administrator explains why he blew the whistle on Kalispell Regional Healthcare, an unprecedented move that led to a $24 million settlement Before rooting out the most sprawling case of health care fraud in state history, before beginning a two-year odyssey that touched off a federal investigation and resulted…
Read MoreKalispell Regional Settles Whistleblower Suit for $24M
Flathead Beacon | September 28, 2018 | By Tristan Scott Unsealed terms reveal scope of government investigation alleging 63 physicians received illegal kickbacks Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include comments made during an interview with Kalispell Regional Healthcare’s executive leadership. Kalispell Regional Healthcare has agreed to pay $24 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit with the Department…
Read MoreFormer Whistleblower Shares Insight about KRH Lawsuit
Daily Inter Lake | July 15, 2018 | By Lynnette Hintze Content not available
Read MoreComplaint Details Fraud Allegations Against Kalispell Regional Healthcare
Flathead Beacon | July 3, 2018 | By Myers Reece and Tristan Scott Years-long scheme allegedly involved illegal kickbacks, physician referral violations and false claims Federal agencies have been investigating allegations of a widespread illegal kickback scheme conducted by Kalispell Regional Healthcare to boost revenues that were used to compensate physicians and executives far above market value, while knowingly defrauding…
Read MoreWhistleblower Lawsuit Accuses 21st Century Oncology in Kickback Scheme
The Wall Street Journal | September 26, 2017 | By Peg Brickley A one-time Florida state prosecutor, David Di Pietro, alleges in a whistleblower lawsuit that bankrupt 21st Century Oncology Inc. raked in well over $100 million through a sweetheart deal with one of the largest public health-care systems in the U.S., North Broward Hospital District, or Broward Health. Filed…
Read MoreCorruption allegations involving Broward Health, Gov. Scott unsealed in whistleblower suit
Florida Bulldog | September 25, 2017 | By Dan Christensen New and politically explosive corruption allegations surrounding Broward Health’s no-bid, 25-year contract with 21st Century Oncology – a company financially tied to Gov. Rick Scott – are spilling out publicly with the unsealing of a federal lawsuit in Fort Lauderdale. Florida Bulldog exclusively reported last year about 21st Century’s unprecedented 2012 contract to…
Read MoreHow DOJ got 500‑plus hospitals to settle over cardiac implants
Modern Healthcare | May 28, 2016 | By Lisa Schencker The two federal prosecutors were skeptical. They weren’t sure what to believe when they first saw whistle-blowers’ allegations that 1,300 hospitals across the country had submitted false claims to Medicare for inappropriately implanting heart devices. “How could 1,300 hospitals—the biggest and the best, the most highly thought of, the leaders, and…
Read MoreWith clout growing, hospitals avoid negative coverage of huge fines, safety violations
Health News Review | March 21, 2016 | By Trudy Lieberman There were three ways news outlets could have responded to the Justice Department’s (DOJ) February announcement and its previous one last fall that revealed 508 of the nation’s hospitals in 43 states had been fined more than $280 million for implanting a cardiac device in 10,000 patients in violation of Medicare’s national…
Read MoreBryan Vroon and the Landmark False Claims Act Case Against More than 500 Hospitals
Corporate Crime Reporter | February 25, 2016 If you look at Bryan Vroon’s web site, you might think it’s the web site of a political philosopher. There’s a quote from Kierkegaard: We create ourselves by our choices. And then one from Teddy Roosevelt: Far away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work…
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