Gary Newsome, the former chief executive of Health Management Associates (HMA), will repay the funds to the government to resolve allegations that he caused HMA to knowingly submit false claims to federal programs. According to the allegations, Newsome caused the hospital to pressure emergency physicians into increasing the number of inpatients admitted to the hospital when they could have been treated effectively in a less-expensive outpatient setting, a Department of Justice (DOJ) release said. The settlement will also resolve charges that Newsome paid kickbacks to emergency physicians for referrals, the DOJ said.