By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org, Special to SouthFloridaReporter.com, Sept. 16, 2015 – Taxpayer-supported Broward Health will pay $69.5 million in penalties to settle federal allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to nine doctors who referred patients to its hospitals in a fraud scheme that went on for more than a decade.
The settlement made public Tuesday arose from a lawsuit filed by Fort Lauderdale orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Reilly, under the False Claims Act. Dr. Reilly will receive $12,045,655.51 for blowing the whistle, federal officials said.
The settlement comes as a relief to Broward Health’s current leaders, who have been forced to deal with a federal investigation that was triggered by the actions of Broward Health officials who have long since moved on.
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