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DOJ announces $556m settlement with Affiliates of Kaiser Permanente

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The settlement resolves allegations that the healthcare consortium was pressuring its physicians to alter medical records to support increased reimbursement rates.

Affiliates of Kaiser Permanente will pay $556m to resolve allegations that it pressured physicians to alter patient records to receive higher payments from the government through the Medicare Advantage program, which is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Affiliates of Kaiser Permanente is an integrated healthcare