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Company: Dunes Surgical Hospital
Penalty: $7,063,445
Year: 2024
Date: September 17, 2024
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: Siouxland Surgery Center LLP, doing business as Dunes Surgical Hospital (Dunes), United Surgical Partners International Inc. (USPI) and USP Siouxland Inc (a wholly owned subsidiary of USPI). have agreed to pay approximately $14.1 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations relating to improper financial relationships between Dunes and two physician groups. The settlement resolves allegations that, from at least 2014 through 2019, Dunes made significant financial contributions to a non-profit affiliate of a physician group whose physicians referred patients to Dunes. Those payments allegedly funded the salaries of athletic trainers who generated referrals to both the physician group and to Dunes. The settlement agreement does not breakdown the settlement amount between parties, so we assume an even split here.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Northern District of Iowa
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.