Health Care & Hospital Law
Dec. 9, 2022
Central Coast hospitals pay $22.5M to resolve fraud claims
Dignity Health, which operates several facilities, will pay $13.5 million to the federal government and $1.5 million to the state. Twin Cities Community Hospital and Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, operating in San Luis Obispo County, have agreed to pay $6.75 million to the U.S. and $750,000 to the state government. The hospitals did not admit liability.
Three hospital systems on the central coast will pay $22.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated federal and California law by defrauding the Medicaid Adult Expansion program, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.
Dignity Health, which operates several facilities, will pay $13.5 million to the federal government and $1.5 million to the state. Twin Cities Community Hospital and Sierra Vista Regional Medical Cente...
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