Brookline Hospital to Pay Up To $6.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Concerning Kickback Allegations

Brookline Hospital to Pay Up To $6.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Concerning Kickback Allegations

BOSTON - First Psychiatric Planners, Inc. d/b/a Bournewood Health Systems and Bournewood Hospital (Bournewood) has agreed to pay at least $5.5 million and up to $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal and Massachusetts False Claims Acts. According to court documents, Bournewood provided free sober housing to substance use recovery patients enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid to induce these patients to participate in Bournewood's Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) in violation of the federal and Massachusetts Anti-Kickback Statutes. Bournewood frequently sent recovery patients to sober homes whose owners and operators engaged in unlawful behavior and exploited vulnerable recovery patients.

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