U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks stated that the hospital’s former president may have paid a physician group for interpretation of arterial blood gas tests, even though such tests no longer require interpretation.
In a statement, Arlington Memorial Hospital said it discovered the problem during contract renewal negotiations in Aug. 2007 and immediately reported the situation to the HHS Office of the Inspector General.
Read Dallas Business Journal’s report on Arlington Memorial Hospital.
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