Healthcare

Whistleblower to share $350m settlement with dialysis service

By Mark Tapscott
Published November 3, 2014 7:00pm ET
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Whistleblower to share $350m settlement with dialysis service
One of the nation's largest dialysis services companies has agreed to a $350 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by an employee-turned-whistleblower under the federal False Claims Act. (iStock)

One of the nation’s largest dialysis services companies has agreed to a $350 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by an employee-turned-whistleblower under the federal False Claims Act.

Denver-base DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. agreed to the settlement of litigation that also saw an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general.

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