The New Jersey Department of Health has fined Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J., for failing to submit its annual audit, according to an NJ.com report.
The for-profit owner of the hospital, investment group MHA, agreed to submit the yearly audits when it purchased Meadowlands Hospital in 2010.
Meadowlands Hospital owes the state $54,000 — $6,000 for each month the audit is missing, according to the report.
The New Jersey Department of Health is moving to seize $40,000 from Meadowlands Hospital's Medicaid reimbursements to satisfy the debt.
This isn't the first time the 230-bed Meadowlands Hospital has been fined over the audit reports. Since 2012, the state has levied more than $180,000 in fines against the hospital, according to the report.
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