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€9.77mLargest single case: Oroville Hospital
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12 Dec 2024 Oroville HospitalOroville Hospital: USD 10.25m over admission bonuses for doctors and false billing USACommercial bribery €9.77m

The Californian hospital pays USD 10,250,000 (USD 9,518,954 to the federal government, USD 731,046 to the State of California) and entered into a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement with HHS-OIG. The allegations were that it paid doctors who decided on inpatient admissions bonuses based on the number of patients admitted, billed medically unnecessary inpatient admissions and used false diagnosis codes for SIRS. The authority allegedly made the findings set out here; this account is not based on a final judgment.

What organisations can take from it

Bonus schemes for doctors must not be linked to the number of admissions or referrals.

Relevance to training and awareness

Bonus schemes for doctors and referral incentives in hospitals

Authority / court
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California (U.S. Department of Justice)
Area of law
Bribery and corruption · Commercial bribery
Legal basis
False Claims Act; Anti-Kickback Statute
Action
Other
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Healthcare
Published
12 Dec 2024

Original amount 10,250,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Dec 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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