Melissa Montalvo
Reporter at Fresno Bee
@FresnoBee accountability/enterprise reporter. @FresnoBeeGuild member. Retweets ≠ endorsement. Find me under a Bluer Sky
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2 weeks ago |
fresnobee.com | Melissa Montalvo
Trips to Paris, Napa Valley and Las Vegas were among extravagant gifts and perks provided to Fresno physician group leaders and executives as part of an elaborate patient referral kickback scheme, according to a whistleblower lawsuit. Last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced that Community Health System (CHS) and healthcare technology affiliate Physician Network Advantage Inc. (PNA) agreed to pay a $31 million fine to settle allegations that they violated the False Claim Act.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Melissa Montalvo |Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
In the Spotlight is a Fresno Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email [email protected]. One of the most brazen — and costliest — hospital kickback schemes involving the region’s largest hospital group took place inside a nondescript, palm tree-lined medical plaza in north Fresno.
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3 weeks ago |
fresnobee.com | Melissa Montalvo
Fresno’s largest healthcare provider was fined $31.5M for alleged kickback schemes involving referrals, violating the False Claims Act, federal officials say.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Melissa Montalvo
Fresno’s largest healthcare system and an affiliated health care technology company must pay the federal government $31.5 million to resolve allegations that they provided expensive wine, liquor, cigars and meals to physicians in exchange for patient referrals. The settlement announced Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California resolves allegations that Community Health System and Physician Network Advantage Inc. violated the False Claims Act.
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3 weeks ago |
fresnobee.com | Melissa Montalvo
Central Valley water regulators want the world's largest winery to stop using its wastewater on local crops - a decades-old waste management practice - because it's threatening Fresno's drinking water supply. The Central Valley Water Regional Quality Control Board issued a tentative Cease and Desist Order to E. & J. Gallo Winery in March for allegedly violating 2015 waste discharge requirements.
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BREAKING: Feds fine Community Health System, affiliated medical tech company $31.5 million for alleged kickbacks https://t.co/kjbejdhk8x
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