Intelligence Unit
Special Reports
Special Events
Subscribe
Sponsored
Departments
- Leadership
- Finance
- Technology
- Physicians
- Community Hospitals
- Health Plans
- Marketing
- Quality
- Nursing
- HR
Follow Us
Missouri system expects to pay $60 million to settle federal investigation
Kansas City Star, May 2, 2008
Springfield, MO-based CoxHealth expects to pay $60 million to settle a federal investigation of Medicare fraud and other alleged healthcare violations. The case is being handled out of the U.S. attorney's office in Kansas City, and encompasses compensation of physicians, incorrect billing for renal dialysis claims and Medicare cost reporting issues, according to a letter appended to the financial statement. The amount would be one of the largest such settlements in Missouri history.
Most Viewed
Most Emailed
- $6.4B Henry Ford, Beaumont Merger Failed on Cultural Hurdles
- Don't Let Nurses Sink Your Bottom Line
- Hospitals Profit On Bloodstream Infections
- Fortunately, Angelina Jolie Isn't On Medicare
- Less Blood Testing for Some Surgeries Safe, Cost Effective
- Lower ED Margins Demand a Better Strategy
- How Chargemaster Data May Affect Hospital Revenue
- Primary Care Docs Average More Hospital Revenue Than Specialists
- House Lawmakers Grill CMS Over Health Exchange Navigators
- ED Physicians Key to Half of Hospital Admissions
