December 17, 2007
HealthSouth Corp. and two physicians have agreed to pay the United States a total of $14.9 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to the government and paid illegal kickbacks to physicians who referred patients for care in some of its hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and ambulatory surgery centers, the Justice Department announced on December 14, 2007.
HealthSouth will pay $14.2 million, and the physicians will pay a total of $700,000 under separate settlement agreements.