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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: First Psychiatric Planners, Inc. d/b/a Bournewood Health Systems and Bournewood Hospital
Penalty: $5,500,000
Year: 2024
Date: October 1, 2024
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: First Psychiatric Planners, Inc. d/b/a Bournewood Health Systems and Bournewood Hospital (Bournewood) has agreed to pay at least $5.5 million and up to $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal and Massachusetts False Claims Acts. According to court documents, Bournewood provided free sober housing to substance use recovery patients enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid to induce these patients to participate in Bournewood's Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) in violation of the federal and Massachusetts Anti-Kickback Statutes.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-District of Massachusetts
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.