Post by Logan on Jul 1, 2016 3:28:40 GMT -6
The operator of the largest hospital and health care network in northern Nevada has agreed to pay the Justice Department $9.5 million to settle allegations of patient-overcharges and Medicare fraud, U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden announced Thursday.
The agreement settles a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleging the Reno-based Renown Health submitted false Medicare claims over an eight-year period beginning in 2006.
The civil suit accused Renown Health of billing for inpatient hospital services that should have been charged at less expensive outpatient or observation rates, Bogden said.
The whistleblower who filed the original civil suit in U.S. District Court in Reno in 2012 will receive $1.7 million of the settlement, he said.
Read more: www.rgj.com/story/news/2016/06/30/renown-health-pays-settle-medicare-fraud-suit/86581402/
The agreement settles a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleging the Reno-based Renown Health submitted false Medicare claims over an eight-year period beginning in 2006.
The civil suit accused Renown Health of billing for inpatient hospital services that should have been charged at less expensive outpatient or observation rates, Bogden said.
The whistleblower who filed the original civil suit in U.S. District Court in Reno in 2012 will receive $1.7 million of the settlement, he said.
Read more: www.rgj.com/story/news/2016/06/30/renown-health-pays-settle-medicare-fraud-suit/86581402/