Hospital Chain Pays Heavy Price for Being Too Clever

Finding that Community Hospital Systems had been “too clever by half” in negotiating a global settlement agreement for seven whistleblower suits, a federal judge ordered the chain to pay the attorneys’ fees of all the whistleblowers—not just the first to file.  That’s on top of the $97 million Community …

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Court Adopts Tough Interpretation of 60-Day Repayment Rule

New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospitals can’t seem to catch a break in its long-running battle with whistleblower Bob Kane.  First, the government joined the case and wanted not just the $1,000,000 in Medicaid overpayments, but an additional $13,000,000.  Why $13,000,000?  Well, $1,000,000 trebled is $3,000,000; the …

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