55 Hospitals in California, Other States To Pay $34M for Overbilling Medicare
On Tuesday, 55 hospitals in 21 states -- including California -- agreed to pay the U.S. government more than $34 million to settle allegations that they billed Medicare for kyphoplasty operations -- which are used to treat certain spinal fractures -- as an inpatient, rather than outpatient, procedure to increase their payments. The Department of Justice now has reached settlements totaling about $75 million with more than 100 hospitals to resolve allegations that they mischarged CMS for kyphoplasty procedures.
- "55 Hospitals To Pay $34 Million for Overcharging Medicare" (Seper, Washington Times, 7/2).