In September 2015, Wilbanks & Gouinlock (W&G) secured a record $118.7 million settlement against a hospital chain for illegal physician referrals. The lawsuit, filed under the Stark Law, was brought by a corporate executivewith insider knowledge of improper physician compensation schemes that created unlawful financial incentives for referring government beneficiaries.
The whistleblower, a corporate executive at Adventist Health, had direct access to key decision-makers within the hospital system. Her evidence and documentation provided the government with undeniable proof of systemic Stark Law violations across multiple Adventist hospitals in several states.
This case remains one of the largest illegal physician referral settlements in history, underscoring the role of whistleblowers in exposing healthcare fraud.
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