Whistleblowers receive $8.1 million settlement in Redding Medical Center case
Compliance Monitor, January 14, 2004
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Two Catholic priests were awarded $8.1 million last week based on their whistleblower complaint about unnecessary heart surgeries performed at Redding Medical Center in Sacramento, CA.
The Rev. John Corapi, 56, and his colleague, the Rev. Joseph Zerga, 61, will be paid out of a record $54 million settlement Redding's owner, Tenet Healthcare Inc. The agreement was reached last year to settle charges against the hospital, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott said January 7.
The award represents 15% of the settlement, the minimum allowed under the federal False Claims Act.
To read the Associated Press story on the case, click here.
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