Alleged Doctor Kickbacks Cost Cooper $12.6M
A Haddonfield doctor’s whistleblower lawsuit sparked an investigation that ended in a multimillion dollar settlement payment by Cooper Health System.
HADDONFIELD-HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ -- Cooper Health System will pay $12.6 million to settle allegations the Camden hospital engaged in kickbacks to doctors as it built its cardiology program, state and federal officials said Thursday. Cooper agreed to pay the federal government $10.2 million and the state $2.3 million in the joint settlement, plus attorney’s fees of $430,000 to a whistleblower, Haddonfield cardiologist Dr. Nicholas DePace. The hospital also already implemented, and agreed to maintain, corporate reforms for accountability, training and other aspects of compliance. The settlement stems from a joint federal-state investigation into the financial ties between the Cooper Heart Institute in Camden, the Cooper Heart Institute …
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2:51 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013
DiPace does not need that money for whistle blowing. I smell a rat. Are you kidding me?? He blew the whistle because it was way more lucrative to do so. Now if he donates the 2 million to charity then I will eat crow!!! more ›