DaVita Finalizes Record $389 Million Settlement Over False Claims Act Kickback Charges
The dialysis industry is rife with fraud. This massive settlement with Da Vita, one of the nation’s largest providers, is only the most recent violation of the False Claims Act by the dominant companies in this sector. Fraud in the dialysis industry, an industry which captures a significant share of overall Medicare spending, is countered by whistleblowers who bring this fraud to the Department of Justice. Such whistleblowing has been rewarded. — Shayne Stevenson
"Denver, Colorado-based DaVita agreed to pay $350 million to settle criminal allegations that it violated the False Claims Act through so-called partial divestitures to nephrologists, and to pay a $39 million civil forfeiture stemming from two specific joint venture transactions DaVita entered into in Denver, according to the DOJ." Full article »
