Healthcare Fraud article
01/22/2009
The U.S. Justice Department Reached an $840 Million Fraud Settlement with HCA-The Healthcare Co.
Under the federal government's largest-ever fraud settlement, capping a seven-year investigation of the nation's largest hospital company, HCA will plead guilty to 13 criminal counts, pay a $95.3 million fine, and pay $745 million in civil penalties. Among the criminal charges were: submitting false Medicare cost reports, upcoding claims and paying kickbacks to business partners and doctors. The Justice Department is continuing an investigation of civil allegations of kickbacks to physician and inflated cost reports submitted to Medicare. (