◆ Sparrow Medical Group, Sparrow Care Network and Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, agreed to pay $671,310 to settle false claims allegations over incident-to billing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said July 26.^[1] “The United States alleges that Sparrow improperly billed services under a physician’s name and reimbursement rate where the services were rendered by mid-level providers at Sparrow’s locations where the criteria for ‘incident-to’ billing were not met,” the U.S. attorney’s office said. The case was set in motion by a whistleblower. Sparrow didn’t admit liability in the settlement.