Largest Health Care Fraud Case in U.S. History Settled: HCA Investigation Nets Record Total of $1.7 Billion (#386)

DOJ press release 03-386 (26 June 2003), HCA: $631 million civil settlement of nine qui tam suits (D.D.C.); earlier $840 million criminal/civil (Dec 2000); $250 million CMS administrative settlement; $1.7 billion total; whistleblowers $151,591,500 combined (record); sub-settlements: cost reports $356 million (Alderson and Schilling $100 million), kickbacks $225.5 million (Thompson $41.5 million, King $5 million, Mroz $837,500), wound care $17 million (Parslow $2,990,000, Lanni $680,000; Curative earlier $16.5 million), patient transfers $5 million, Lawnwood $5 million, home office costs $950,000 (Marine $116,500); separate $1.5 million Pogue declined case ($405,000); states $17.5 million; 2001 criminal fines $22.6 million and $30 million. The listed sub-settlements ($609.45 million) do not add up to 'nearly $620 million' and the named shares do not add up to $151,591,500; the release does not explain. Already in the data: 1 case and 1 event. Added: 5 cases (cost reports, kickbacks, wound care, Marine, Pogue). Transfers and Lawnwood not separate cases (no relator named).