Compliance & Legal
Of those payments, about $4.7 billion were related to research while $2.8 billion were non-research payments.
Authorities are calling the bust the largest in history, with hundreds charged including physicians and other medical professionals.
Precedent-setting case will affect providers nationwide when they feel insurers have breached their contracts, according to attorney.
Surgeons allegedly were paid millions in exchange for referring spinal surgeries to the California hospitals; nine defendants including hospital owner already convicted.
Alleged scheme preyed on Medicare beneficiaries, some of whom were addicted to opioids, creating shell companies and getting millions in kickbacks, DOJ says.
AHIP focuses on the impact that a preliminary injunction or declaratory relief would have on patients, health insurance providers and states.
Between 2014 and 2016, total payments fell short by more than $12 billion.
About 47 percent of physicians who indicated they had been harassed said they were harassed by another physician.
The Kentucky-based skilled nursing provider also allegedly forged pre-admission certifications of patient need for skilled nursing to Tennessee's Medicaid program, DOJ said.
Expansion benefits include care quality and a reduction in uncompensated care costs.