Huntington Park Medical Practice Pays 6.7 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case

Huntington Park-based medical practice and its physician will pay more than 6.73 million dollars to the United States to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for medically unnecessary vascular interventional procedures performed on 20 Medicare beneficiaries, the Justice Department announced on May 6, 2026.

The settlement covers claims submitted to Medicare, the federal health insurance program that served approximately 66 million beneficiaries in 2025. The 20 patients identified in the case received procedures the government alleged were not medically necessary.

The agreement resolves the allegations without a trial or admission of liability. Prior to the settlement the practice and doctor faced potential liability under the False Claims Act for treble damages plus civil penalties on each false claim submitted.

The new state eliminates that exposure in exchange for the fixed 6.73 million dollar payment, which the parties must remit according to a schedule set in the settlement documents.

The payment returns funds to the Medicare Trust Fund. Federal auditors and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General can now close the matter and redirect investigative resources elsewhere. The settlement also triggers mandatory compliance obligations that require the practice to maintain documentation standards for any future vascular procedures billed to Medicare.

Failure to meet those standards would expose the parties to new False Claims Act liability or administrative sanctions. Congress has directed the Justice Department to pursue such recoveries; this resolution adds to more than 2.9 billion dollars recovered under the False Claims Act in fiscal 2025 alone.

This settlement is the latest in a series of False Claims Act resolutions involving allegedly unnecessary interventional radiology and vascular procedures billed to Medicare. The Justice Department has pursued similar cases in California and other states since at least 2020, focusing on practices that performed high volumes of catheter-based interventions on elderly patients.