A surgeon agreed to pay $4.25 million to resolve whistleblower claims that he allegedly accepted an inflated salary and other payments as a kickback for referring clients to two hospitals, federal prosecutors said.
The settlement resolves the bulk of a yearslong litigation that resulted in a $262 million settlement with the Naples-based hospital chain Health Management Associates last year, according to whistleblower attorney Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti attorney Marc Raspanti.