Henderson County News: Park Ridge Health owner agrees to $115M fine

From Henderson County News

“The corporate owner of Park Ridge Health has agreed to pay a $115 million fine for filing false or inflated insurance claims and paying kickbacks to physicians for hospital referrals in violation of state and federal law,” according to a recent story by Bill Moss of Henderson County News.

Moss writes that three whistleblowers who brought the case in late 2012 were all Park Ridge employees with insider knowledge of the illicit practices.

Read Moss’ full story here.

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