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Federal Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Thursday September 19, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Iowa U.S. Attorney: South Dakota Surgical Hospital and United Surgical Partners International Agree to Pay More Than $12.7M to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Siouxland Surgery Center LLP, doing business as Dunes Surgical Hospital (Dunes), United Surgical Partners International Inc. (USPI) and USP Siouxland Inc. have agreed to pay approximately $12.76 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations relating to improper financial relationships between Dunes and two physician groups. Dunes is a surgical hospital lo  more

Iowa U.S. Attorney: Woman Who Distributed Large Amounts of 'Ice' Methamphetamine in Iowa Falls and Surrounding Areas Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A woman who trafficked methamphetamine was sentenced on September 17, 2024, to 180 months in federal prison for her involvement in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of "ice" methamphetamine. Courtney Annette Kappel, age 43, from Iowa Falls, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 12, 2024 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute a control  more