Surgical Care Affiliates LLC and Orlando Center for Outpatient Surgery LP have agreed to pay the United States $3.4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for kidney stone procedures that were not medically justified and for engaging in illegal kickbacks. Read a story from The Free Press and a Department of Justice press release.
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