Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Matt Curley was quoted in the Modern Healthcare article, “Halifax to Have Internal Monitoring as Part of $85M Settlement,” published March 11, 2014. In the article, Curley provides insight into the False Claims Act case in which Halifax Health Systems was facing a total liability of $343 million for allegedly overpaying six medical oncologists and three neurosurgeons. In the settlement, Halifax agreed to a $85 million penalty and a five-year corporate integrity agreement, which experts say is the highest settlement ever for a Stark Law case.
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