Settlement Amount:
$28,000,000
A settlement has been reached to resolve False Claims Act allegations against 32 Hospitals.
The allegations arose claiming 32 Hospitals submitted false claims to Medicare for minimally-invasive kyphoplasty procedures.
The Justice Department has now reached settlements with more than 130 hospitals totaling approximately $105 million to resolve allegations that they mischarged Medicare for kyphoplasty procedures.
The settling facilities and the amounts they have agreed to pay, include the following:
- The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, has agreed to pay $1.74 million.
- Citrus Memorial Health System in Inverness, Florida, has agreed to pay $2.6 million.
- Cullman Regional Medical Center in Cullman, Alabama, has agreed to pay $350,000.
- Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Florida, has agreed to pay $2 million.
- MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, has agreed to pay $983,000.
- Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut, has agreed to pay $920,000.
- Princeton Community Hospital Association in Princeton, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $1,513,500.
- Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, has agreed to pay $906,000.
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, has agreed to pay $972,000.
- Spartanburg Regional Health Services District Inc. in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has agreed to pay $1.725 million.
- St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $500,000.
- Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, has agreed to pay $2 million.
- Five hospitals affiliated with Community Health Systems Inc., in Franklin, Tennessee, have agreed to pay a total of $3.5 million.These include:Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, Alabama; St. Joseph’s Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Carolinas Hospital System in Florence, South Carolina; Mary Black Health System in Spartanburg, South Carolina; and Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Five hospitals affiliated with Tenet Health Care Corporation in Dallas, Texas, have agreed to pay a total of $2.2 million. These include:East Cooper Medical Center in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Georgia; Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso, Texas; St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee; and Sierra Medical Center in El Paso.
- Five hospitals formerly owned and operated by Health Management Associates Inc., in Naples, Florida, have agreed to pay a total of $2 million.These include:Biloxi Regional Medical Center in Biloxi, Mississippi; Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, North Carolina; Lancaster Regional Medical Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Physicians Regional Medical Center in Naples, Florida; and Riley Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi.
- Three hospitals affiliated with BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Florida, have agreed to pay a total of $1.5 million.These include:Winter Haven Hospital in Winter Haven, Florida; St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida; and St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Two hospitals affiliated with Banner Health in Phoenix, Arizona, have agreed to pay a total of $2.685 million.These include Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, Arizona, and Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Arizona.
The whistleblowers' share of the settlement will be approximately $4.75 million.
Source: www.justice.gov
