County Medical Center and County Agree to Pay $11.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions

DOJ

San Mateo County Medical Center and San Mateo County (collectively SMMC), located in California, have agreed to pay approximately  $11.4 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for submitting or causing the submission of claims to Medicare for non-covered inpatient admissions. read more »

SEC Charges Poloniex for Operating Unregistered Digital Asset Exchange

SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Poloniex LLC has agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle charges for operating an unregistered online digital asset exchange in connection with its operation of a trading platform that facilitated buying and selling of digital asset securities. read more »

Pain Management Organization Pays $5.1 Million to Settle Criminal Medicare Kickback Violations

DOJ

National Spine & Pain Center, LLC (“NSPC”), a physician management services organization headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, agreed this week to pay $5.1 million in restitution to Medicare as part of a criminal settlement for receiving payments in violation the Anti-Kickback Statute. read more »