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UK Tickets Used to Get Patient Referrals

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Published September 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM EDT

A civil complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Lexington-based Nurses' Registry used cash, concert tickets and University of Kentucky basketball tickets to induce doctors to refer patients to the agency, in violation of federal Medicare rules. According to a news release issued by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, the amended complaint was filed Friday in a case that accuses Nurses' Registry of widespread Medicare abuse.

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