NEWS: Greenwich (CT) Hospital fined for overcharging Medicare program
Published May 16, 2008
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Greenwich Hospital is the third Connecticut hospital in the last year fined by the U.S. Department of Justice for overcharging the Medicare program for certain cancer treatments, the Hartford Courant reports this week.
The hospital agreed to pay $605,274 in a settlement. Federal law allows hospitals to bill Medicare for one unit of chemotherapy per patient visit. Instead, Greenwich Hospital often billed Medicare for up to five units of chemotherapy per visit for bills sent to Medicare from 2000to 2004.
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