Illinois hospital hit with $2.8M settlement over false Medicare, Medicaid claims

A West Central Illinois hospital has agreed to pay the government over $2.8 million to resolve false Medicare and Medicaid claims over unnecessary procedures performed by a doctor. Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois, has agreed to pay approximately $2.82 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for medically unnecessary cardiac catheterization procedures performed by a physician who no longer practices in the Central District of Illinois.