FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Community Health Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $98 million to settle federal claims of improper billing by the hospital company.
The Justice Department and Community Health announced the settlement Monday. The government alleges that the company admitted patients to the hospital when it wasn’t medically necessary and then billed Medicare, Medicaid and the military’s Tricare program for those inpatient services. Community Health should have billed for less costly outpatient or observation cases, the government said
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