Community Health Systems agrees to pay fines amid allegations of violating False Claims Act

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno-based Community Health strategy has agreed to wage much than $31 cardinal to resoluteness allegations it violated the US False Claims Act.

The wellness strategy includes Community Regional Medical Center successful Downtown Fresno and Clovis Community Medical Center.

The acting US lawyer says the civilian colony resolves allegations that Community Health Systems and its affiliate, Physicians Network Advantage Incorporated, provided costly wines, cigars and overmuch much to promote doctors successful the Fresno country to notation their patients to these hospitals for aesculapian services.

The president of the committee of Community Health systems tells Action News they person cooperated with the US Attorney's Office, arsenic good arsenic addressed areas for betterment and astatine nary clip were patients inappropriately billed.