Banner Health Compliance Training

Banner’s Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA)

Background: In April of 2018, Banner agreed to pay the United States over $18 million to settle allegations that 12 of its hospitals in Arizona and Colorado admitted patients for medical treatment who should have been treated on an outpatient basis.

The settlement resolved a 2013 lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona under the qui tam or whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act.

As part of the settlement, Banner also entered into a CIA with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG).

The CIA is essentially a contract with the OIG in which Banner commits to engage in certain compliance efforts over the next five years. The CIA became effective April 9, 2018.

Banner anticipates being officially released from its CIA by the end of 2023.