The alleged overbilling occurred from 2005 to 2007 at 25 Tenet inpatient rehabilitation units.
The company says the settlement is the result of “dialogue” with the United States after Tenet conducted a 2007 internal review that identified overpayments at one of its facilities. Tenet notified the OIG of that incident, which resulted from Medicare patients being admitted to an inpatient rehab unit at a Tenet hospital in Georgia when they could have been treated at a lower level of care.
The cash payment for the settlement — which is to be divided among the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia and Depts. of Justice and Health and Human Services — will be paid in Tenet’s second quarter 2012.
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