Medicare Fraud, Nine Hospitals, Seven States, and another Whistle Blower Suit
Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and South Carolina–will pay a combined $9.4 million to settle a whistleblower suit by two former employees of the company responsible for the therapy–Kyphon, Inc., and now part of Medtronic Spine LLC. The Department of Justice announced the hospitals were accused of keeping patients overnight after having kyphoplasty, typically an outpatient back procedure, merely so that they could bill Medicare at a higher rate.
Read entire article from Fierce Healthcare at: http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/nine-hospitals-pay-9-4-million-medicare-fraud-settlements/2010-05-18?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Tags: Dept of Justice, DOJ, Medicare Fraud, Medtronic, Outpatient back surgery, whistle blower cases
This Entry was posted by Linda Vincent
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 / Fraud, Health Care Fraud.
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