Delaware Hospital System Will Pay $47 Million to Settle Whistleblower Allegations of Billing Fraud

Delaware Hospital System Will Pay $47 Million to Settle Whistleblower Allegations of Billing Fraud
Signage outside of Christiana Care Hospital in Newark, Del., in October 2019. (Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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DOVER, Del.—Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for patient referrals, resulting in fraudulent Medicaid billing.

The settlement announced Friday comes nearly seven years after Ronald Sherman filed his whistleblower lawsuit, which remained under seal for more than a year, against Christiana Care Health System.