American Health Imaging, Inc. (“AHI”) and founder / CEO, Scott Arant, will pay the United States and the State of Georgia $5,250,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by: (1) providing physicians with meals, tickets to sporting events, and other gifts to induce those physicians to refer diagnostic scans to AHI’s independent diagnostic testing facilities; and (2) entering into above fair market value personal services agreements with referring physicians to induce those physicians to refer scans to AHI.
In the Federal case, the government alleges that, between 2011 and 2019, AHI relied on a variety of inducements – sporting events, fishing trips, happy hours, sponsorships of “open houses” at physician offices, and gifts of alcohol, gas cards, and free scans – to generate referrals for diagnostic scans. Many of AHI’s marketing events involved no discernible educational purpose. Examples include tickets to the SEC football championship game, tickets to concerts, monthly dinners with referral sources, and outings to nail salons. The government also alleges that AHI entered into personal services agreements with referring physicians that were above fair market value. Under these agreements, physicians were compensated to interpret the scans that they referred to AHI.
I was a patient of American Health Imaging in 2019 where radiology Dr. Angus Baird MD failed to note a broken skull injury and head trauma I almost died from. Subsequently, I tried to contact Scott Arant of AHI, the doctor and Birmingham Radiological Group (50 MD's on payroll) CEO Doyle Stewart (listen to my recorded phone calls in other videos on my channel). NONE would help me correct this mistake, refund my $500, or get me any recourse or redress in my matter. I was physically disabled and being denied and dismissed repeatedly after paying money. I likewise filed a complaint with the Alabama medical board, this was thrown out and dismissed. I am convinced AHI and their partners (such as UAB St. Vincent's (Ascension) are thoroughly corrupt and instances such as this reveal only the tip of the iceberg of far deeper issues.
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