The hospital allegedly submitted claims to receive supplemental (“outlier”) payments exceeding the actual costs of treatment.
The “qui tam” (whistleblower) lawsuit was brought against the hospital by an independent hospital consultant from New Jersey.
Read the Phillips & Cohen press release via PR Newswire on the Pennsylvania hospital settlement .
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