DOJ orders Baptist Health to pay $1.5M over discount policy false claims

Florida-based Baptist Health System agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle self-disclosed violations of the False Claims Act for allegedly offering discounts to patients to induce purchases or refer services reimbursed by Medicare.

Baptist Health will pay $1 million in restitution, according to its settlement agreement signed Friday with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.

In a press release Monday, the DOJ acknowledged the company’s self-disclosure and significant remedial steps, including discontinuing its discount policy, conducting an internal compliance review, providing a detailed disclosure statement, and other information to assist in the agency’s investigation.