News Updates

Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its affiliated hospital Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC), a general medical and surgical hospital located in Palm Springs, California, have agreed to pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly charging Medicare for implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

SAN DIEGO – Mark D. Smith and Fane Robinson, two San Diego-area physicians, have paid the United States $948,768.18 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare.

Dr. Smith and Dr. Robinson are medical doctors specializing in ophthalmology.  They maintain a medical practice in San Diego known as San Diego Retina Associates and are participating providers in federally-funded health care programs including Medicare.

Written by Gabrielle Masson | November 13, 2019 | 

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