INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Indianapolis-based Community Health Network will pay the federal government $345 million to settle allegations that it submitted fraudulent Medicare claims.
The U.S. Department of Justice says Community leadership recruited physicians in 2008 and 2009 to get their “downstream referrals” and submitted inflated claims to Medicare. The Indiana Hospital Association calls the settlement amount “extraordinary” and says there was no proof patients received any unnecessary care.
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