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Park Ridge owner agrees to $115M fine

Whistleblowers Gloria Pryor, left, Mike Payne and Melissa Church exposed illegal billing and referral practices that forced Park Ridge parent Adventist Health Systems to pay a $118 million fine.

By Bill Moss, Published: September 22, 2015

The corporate owner of Park Ridge Health has agreed to pay a $115 million fine for filing false or inflated insurance claims and paying kickbacks to physicians for hospital referrals in violation of state and federal law, according to a settlement agreement filed Monday in a whistleblower case originally brought by three Park Ridge employees.

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