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Company: Meridian Surgical Partners LLC
Penalty: $5,120,000
Year: 2014
Date: September 2, 2014
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: qui tam whistleblower lawsuit
Violation Description: In a qui tam whistleblower case in which there was no government intervention, Meridian Surgical Partners agreed to pay $5.12 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by paying improper kickbacks to doctors for steering Medicare patients to its outpatient surgical facilities.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Middle District of Tennessee
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:11-cv-00439
Case Name: USA v. Meridian Surgical Partners, LLC
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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