DOJ announced that Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation (“Adventist Health System”) has agreed to pay $5,412,502 to settle allegations that it provided radiation services to cancer patients that were not supervised by a radiation oncologist or other qualified person:

Radiation oncology services provided to patients served by Medicare and TRICARE, the Department of Defense’s health care program, must be directly supervised by a radiation oncologist or similarly qualified personnel.  The United States alleged that, from Jan. 1, 2010, through Dec. 31, 2013, Adventist violated this supervision requirement for radiation oncology services provided to federal health care program beneficiaries at several Florida locations, including in Altamonte Springs, Daytona Beach, Deland, Kissimmee, Orange City, Orlando, Palm Coast and Winter Park.  These services included radiation simulation, dosimetry, radiation treatment delivery and devices, and intensity-modulated radiation therapy.

The suit was initiated under the False Claims Act by a radiation oncologist in Florida.  The whistleblower will receive $1,082,500 for bringing the alleged fraud to the government’s attention.

Read the entire press release, “Adventist Health System to Pay $5.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations”