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False Claims Exposure in Credentialing and Peer Review

[03/27/12]

Posted on March 27, 2012 in False Claims Act Defense

Written by: David B. Honig

The Federal Government has reinforced its expanded theory of false claim liability for quality matters by settling allegations against a hospital that a physician’s lack of qualifications to perform certain surgical procedures should be considered a false claim, regardless of the patient’s outcome. As part of the settlement, the hospital defendant paid the Government... READ MORE

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