- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2023-09-14T16:09:00
A Texas-based dermatology management company agreed to pay nearly $8.9 million to settle allegations by the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding apparent violations of the False Claims Act.
The settlement total agreed to by Oliver Street Dermatology Management, doing business as U.S. Dermatology Partners (USDP), includes approximately $5.9 million in restitution, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton announced in a press release Wednesday.
Between January 2013 and July 2018, USDP acquired multiple dermatology practices across the United States. In September 2021, the company voluntarily self-disclosed to the DOJ credible evidence that former senior managers offered or agreed to increase the purchase price of 11 acquired dermatology practices in exchange for referrals to USDP-affiliated entities following the acquisition, the DOJ alleged. Claims for some of those services were later submitted to Medicare for payment, the DOJ found.
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