Date Filed:
Monday, June 29, 2015
Settlement Amount:
$20,000,000
A settlement has been reached to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations with Medical Center of Central Georgia, which changed its name to Navicent Health in September 2014. They are accused of billing Medicare for more expensive inpatient services that should have been billed as less costly outpatient or observation services.
The government contends that from 2004 through 2008, MCCG violated the False Claims Act by knowingly charging Medicare for medically unnecessary inpatient admissions when the care provided should have been billed as less costly outpatient or observation services.
