Medical Industry Whistleblower Settlements Increase

False Claims Act settlements are increasing dramatically in the medical industry, and many of the growing number of settlements are being paid by an unlikely target: hospitals.  Over the past few months, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, in Long Island; Mercy Hospital, in Springfield, Massachusetts; and Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, in Nashua, New Hampshire, all resolved False Claims Act cases with considerable settlements.  Most of the whistleblower claims were based on allegations of improper charges to obtain Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.  Read more here.

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