Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013. Intermountain Health Care Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $25.5 million to settle claims that it violated the Stark Statute and the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced yesterday. Intermountain operates the largest health system in the state of Utah.
The Stark Statute restricts the financial relationships that hospitals may have with doctors who refer patients to them.…
