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July 23, 2021   
Health Law Weekly

Prime Healthcare Services, Two Physicians Agree to Pay $37.5 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations

  • July 23, 2021

Prime Healthcare Services system—one of the nation’s largest health care systems--Prime’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Prem Reddy, and interventional cardiologist Dr. Siva Arunasalam have agreed to pay $37.5 million to resolve violations of the False Claims Act based on kickbacks paid by Prime to Arunasalam for patient referrals, the Department of Justice announced July 19.

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