Health Care & Hospital Law
Dec. 8, 2011
Health care systems settle overbilling charges
Two health care systems have settled allegations they overcharged Medicare for services.
By Mandy Jackson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Catholic Healthcare West paid $875,564 and Sutter Health paid $1.4 million to settle allegations that some of their hospitals overcharged Medicare for infusion therapy and lithotripsy services, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner in the Eastern District of California announced on Wednesday.
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services audit found that the two health care systems overcharged the government's health care progr...
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