The partially physician-owned hospital allegedly required the physician owners “to satisfy the Heart Hospital s yearly 48 patient-contact requirement in order to maintain ownership in the hospital.”
Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest, LLP and its wholly owned subsidiary, THHBP Management Company, LLC, have agreed to pay $48 million to the United States to resolve claims that the company violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday.
The two organizations, collectively known as the Heart Hospital were alleged to have knowingly submitting claims to the Medicare program that “resulted from violations of the Physician Self-Referral Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, the release stated.