UC-Irvine To Pay $1.2M To Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit
UC-Irvine has agreed to pay the federal government $1.2 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged that the hospital violated federal laws by routinely allowing residents to administer anesthesia without physician supervision and then billing Medicare as if the doctors were present.
- "UCI Medical Center Settles Federal Fraud Case for $1.2 Million" (Petersen, Orange County Register, 3/27).
- "UC Regents Settle Whistleblower Suit" (Payers & Providers, 3/28).