A settlement has been reached to resolve Stark Law and False Claims Act allegations against Tri-City Medical Center.
The allegations arose from a lawsuit that claimed Tri-City Medical Center entered into 97 financial arrangements with physicians and physician groups that did not comply with Stark Law. Five of the arrangements were with the hospital's former chief of staff and were entered into between 2008 until 2011 and 92 of the arrangements were entered into from 2009 until 2010, which were with community-based physicians and practice groups.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division stated: " The settlement of this matter reflects not only our commitment to protect the integrity of the healthcare system through enforcement of the Stark Law, but also our willingness to work with providers who disclose their own misconduct”.
