

ASCENSION SETON BASTROP HOSPITAL FREE
Ascension Seton Austin gave an Austin practice free office space and provided related staff, service and supply support for a half-day per week to perform clinical services.Dell Seton at UT paid an Austin practice in the form of free physician assistants employed at Ascension Seton Austin, and the practice should have paid them.Ascension Seton Austin paid an Austin practice above fair market value for administrative services relating to its thoracic surgery program.Ascension Seton Williamson paid an Austin practice above fair market value to lease the practice’s employed RNs and surgical technologists that assisted in surgeries by the practice’s doctors at the hopsital.Ascension Seton Austin paid an Austin practice above fair market value for transplant on-call coverage and administrative services.Dell Seton at UT paid an Austin physician practice above fair market value for on-call coverage.Dell Seton at UT and Ascension Seton Williamson paid an orthopedic surgery group above fair market value for on-call coverage.The OIG listed seven instances where the three hospitals were alleged to be found in violation but did not name the physician groups involved: Fauci says he’s ‘not so sure’ kids should have to get vaccine to return to school
