“Kickback and self-referral schemes risk impairing the judgment of healthcare providers and diminish the reliability of the care that they render,” Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, said in a statement. “Medicare ...

A former Van Nuys doctor and other defendants have agreed to pay $15 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims to federal health care programs by paying illegal kickbacks and abusing patient referrals,