In an article published in the January edition of the Report on Medicare Compliance, Nashville based partner Bob Wade was interviewed about Community Health Network (CHN) in Indiana and its $345 million settlement to settle false claims allegations that "it paid over-the-top salaries to hundreds of physicians and rewarded them for their referrals in violation of the Stark Law, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Dec. 19."

"Not only is the dollar amount significant, but the oversight OIG is imposing on Community Health is significant," said Wade, who has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry and counsels clients on fraud and abuse issues, fair market value, commercial reasonableness and developing, monitoring, and documenting effective healthcare compliance programs.

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