Florida’s Shands Teaching Hospital Agrees to Pay $26 Million for False Claims
Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics, Inc. (Shands) will pay $26 million to settle allegations that it fraudulently charged the government for Medicaid, Medicare and other health care payments, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Shands operates a chain of teaching hospitals across the state of Florida. The DOJ had alleged that Shands knowingly billed for inpatient treatment when it provided outpatient care. This practice results in the facility receiving inflated sums from the government as inpatient care is more costly to a medical facility than outpatient care. “Medicare and Medicaid fraud accounts for billions of dollars of wasted...
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