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Hospitals to pay $2.3M for alleged Medicaid overbilling, drug profits

New York State is no stranger to Medicaid billing problems. Last year, the City of New York paid $70 million for overbilling the program by improperly approving home care for Medicaid patients. Now,

Aetna sues surgery centers for overbilling

Aetna is suing seven California surgery centers, claiming they illegally lure customers and overbill up to 2,500 percent more than they pay providers for procedures, reported Bloomberg. The lawsuit,

Geisinger ordered to pay back $1.3M after overbilling Medicare

Perhaps a savvy and timely PR move by Geisinger? A day after the system's Danville, Pa.-medical center agreed to pay the feds $1.3 million over "erroneously submitted" improper Medicare claims, it

CHS rebuts Tenet at earnings meeting

The ongoing tug-of-war regarding Community Health Systems' ( NYSE: CYH ) hostile takeover attempt of Tenet Healthcare ( NYSE: THC ) dominated a CHS meeting earnings call last week, with the company

Patient sues over balance billing

A man sued Washington University in St. Louis, alleging the university's doctors and other healthcare providers routinely overbill for medical services, the St. Louis-Dispatch reports. The suit asks

Patient sues over balance billing

A man sued Washington University in St. Louis, alleging the university's doctors and other healthcare providers routinely overbill for medical services, the St. Louis-Dispatch reports. The suit filed

Hospital hid information from auditors

Dallas-based Parkland Memorial Hospital hid information from outside auditors working on behalf of federal government investigators, according to an internal memo that recently was recovered by the

Medicare audits find $12M in erroneous claims by dialysis centers

The feds have found $12 million in mistaken claims filed by dialysis centers in West Virginia and Delaware, two hospitals in Pennsylvania, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas and duplicate billings for