New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital settles health care fraud claims for $17.3 Million
New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has agreed to a $17.3 million settlement on Tuesday to resolve allegations of health care fraud. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace announced that the settlement addresses claims related to unlawful kickbacks paid to physicians at the hospital’s chemotherapy infusion center.
The allegations center on a contractual arrangement that purportedly linked physicians’ compensation to the volume of referrals made for services at the center. The agreement resolves claims that physicians at the infusion center failed to adequately supervise chemotherapy services, a violation of both federal and New York State False Claims Acts.
The hospital has agreed to pay $16.410 million to the federal government and $890,000 to New York State, following a voluntary disclosure of the issues by the hospital itself.