California To Split $22M DaVita Settlement With Four Other States Following Anti-Kickback Investigation

California and four other states have reached a $22 million settlement with Denver-based DaVita HealthCare Partners following a federal anti-kickback investigation involving kidney patients. In October 2014, the U.S. Justice Department announced that DaVita HealthCare Partners would pay $350 million and a $39 million fine to resolve claims that it paid kickbacks to doctors who referred dialysis patients.

• "DaVita Settles State Portion of Federal Anti-Kickback Case" (AP/Sacramento Bee, 1/5).
• "5 States To Get $22 Million in DaVita Kickbacks Case" (Draper, Denver Business Journal, 1/5).