Compliance News Roundup: CIA Penalties

1. Clermont Eye Doctors Agree To Pay Over $157,000 To Settle False Claims Act Liability For Improperly Billing Medicare – “United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Dr. Craig D. Fishman and Dr. Jeffrey A. Sheridan have agreed to pay the United States a combined total of $157,312.32 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing the government for mutually exclusive eyelid repair surgeries. Dr. Fishman and Dr. Sheridan are ophthalmologists who operate Fishman & Sheridan Eye Care Specialists.” Get the full scoop >>

2. Union General Hospital to pay $5 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act violations – “Union General Hospital (“UGH”), located in Blairsville, Georgia, has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians.” Get the full scoop >>

3. Deeper Than the Headlines: CIA Penalties – As compliance professionals, many of us are acutely aware of the published Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIA) that the OIG publishes on their website. We read and study these documents because it gives us a glimpse of how the OIG thinks compliance programs should be organized and run. Get the full scoop >>