An investigation found that from 2004-2009, the hospital ordered medically unnecessary overnight admissions for roughly 260 patients who underwent Gamma Knife treatment. RIH then billed the federal healthcare programs for these stays and represented them as medically necessary.
It will reimburse Medicare and Medicaid $2.6 million and will pay the federal government roughly $2.7 million in double and triple damages.
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