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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jul. 30, 2009

Crackdown on Kickbacks, Real or Not, Puts Hospitals on Alert

A $2.4 million settlement paid by a Central Valley hospital group on Monday was a warning to medical providers in California that scrutiny of kickback schemes - even in cases that fall short of criminal fraud - is likely to intensify with national health reform.

By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The charges brought against Tulare Healthcare were hardly the most explosive: It treated physicians who referred patients a little too well with cheap rent and other real estate perks.

But the $2.4 million settlement paid by the Central Valley hospital group on Monday was a warning to medical providers in California that scrutiny of kickback schemes - even in cases that fall short of criminal...

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