Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore has agreed to pay roughly $800,000 to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to federal health programs for four years, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
The hospital — part of Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health System — denies any wrongdoing. Federal officials say that from January 2005 to December 2008, the hospital listed some admitted patients as suffering from malnutrition and marked it as a secondary condition.
Patients were not diagnosed or treated for malnutrition, but the hospital submitted the allegedly inflated rates to the Maryland Health Services Review Commission. By doing this, the hospital was allegedly able to receive higher reimbursements from the commission, which is in charge of setting the rates for the state's Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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The hospital — part of Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health System — denies any wrongdoing. Federal officials say that from January 2005 to December 2008, the hospital listed some admitted patients as suffering from malnutrition and marked it as a secondary condition.
Patients were not diagnosed or treated for malnutrition, but the hospital submitted the allegedly inflated rates to the Maryland Health Services Review Commission. By doing this, the hospital was allegedly able to receive higher reimbursements from the commission, which is in charge of setting the rates for the state's Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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