Hospital to Pay $89 Million to Settle Fraud Claims
Mark Hamblett, 09-16-2008
New York's Staten Island University Hospital will pay $88.9 million to settle allegations it had defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and an insurance program covering the military, authorities announced Monday.
In one of the largest civil fraud recoveries ever against a single U.S. hospital, the federal government will receive $74 million and New York State will receive $14.9 million.
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Hospital to Pay $89 Million to Settle Fraud Claims; Two Whistleblowers Get Awards
New York Law Journal 09/16/2008 Mark Hamblett
New York's Staten Island University Hospital will pay $88.9 million to settle allegations it had defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and an insurance program covering the military, authorities announced Monday.
In one of the largest civil fraud recoveries ever against a single U.S. hospital, the federal government will receive $74 million and New York State will receive $14.9 million.
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Staten Island Hosp to Repay 89M in Fraud Case
BY GLENN BLAIN DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
Monday, September 15th 2008, 11:31 PM
ALBANY - In a mammoth settlement of Medicaid and Medicare fraud charges, the hospital Monday agreed to repay state and federal governments $88.9 million.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/09/15/2008-09-15_staten_island_hosp_to_repay_89m_in_fraud.html
Hospital to Pay $88.9M to Settle Claims
SIUH settles fraud allegations brought
by state and feds, insists care is inviolable
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
By FRANK DONNELLY, STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island University Hospital has agreed to pay $88.9 million to settle government claims that it overbilled and improperly charged Medicaid, Medicare and TRICARE, the military's health insurance program and also treated patients in non-certified beds, officials said yesterday.
The settlement is among the largest for a health-care fraud case against a single hospital in U.S. history and comes with University Hospital already paying back $121.5 million for prior Medicaid fraud. The deal was announced, ironically, yesterday morning as hospital officials and benefactors were attending a charity outing to benefit University Hospital.
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New York Hospital to Pay $89 Million in Settlements (Update1)
By Patricia Hurtado
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and New York will get almost $89 million from Staten Island University Hospital in New York City to settle claims it defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and the military's health insurance program.
The hospital agreed to pay the U.S. $74 million and New York almost $15 million, according to statements today by U.S. Attorney Benton Campbell in Brooklyn, New York, and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aQRieaOKBK6Y
TURN & COUGH UP $89M
By STEFANIE COHEN September 16, 2008
Staten Island University Hospital agreed to pay almost $89 million to federal and state authorities for fraudulently billing Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE, the insurance offered to military personnel, officials said yesterday.
It is one of the largest health-care fraud settlements from a single hospital, said a spokesman for the Brooklyn US Attorney's Office, which investigated the case.
The settlements stem from two False Claims Act suits filed by whistleblowers, as well as two investigations by the US Attorney's Office and the state Attorney General's Office. The fraud schemes date between 1994 and 2005, officials said.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09162008/news/regionalnews/turn__cough_up_89m_129323.htm
NYC hospital agrees to $89M settlement in fraud case
BY ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO September 16, 2008
In a massive settlement involving the treatment of thousands of patients from the New York City area, Staten Island University Hospital has agreed to fork over nearly $89 million to the federal and state governments to clear up allegations it defrauded health care programs.
The settlement, believed to be the biggest for one hospital, came in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn by the federal government claiming that the hospital ripped off the Medicare, Medicaid and military health insurance program through years of false billing practices.
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/news/ny-nymeds165845199sep16,0,5884309.story
NY hospital to pay $89M to settle fraud claims
By Gale Scott
Published: September 15, 2008
"The settlements are related to three separate investigations, two of them instigated by whistle-blower suits.
In the most costly, the hospital will pay the federal government $25 million to settle charges that from 1996 through 2004, it fraudulently billed Medicare and the military insurance plan TRICARE for a controversial cancer treatment called stereotactic body radiosurgery, one that is not covered by the government plans.
The widow of a cancer patient brought the suit, and will get $3.75 million as her portion of the recovery.
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/FREE/809159974
N.Y. hospital settles Medicare fraud case
Published: Sept. 15, 2008 at 12:42 PM
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Staten Island University Hospital in New York has settled a Medicare fraud case for more than $25 million, an attorney says.
Attorney Richard Reich, who represents whistle blower…, said in a news release Monday the hospital has agreed to settle the False Claims Act lawsuit.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/15/NY_hospital_settles_Medicare_fraud_case/UPI-98231221496951/
Staten Island University Hospital to Pay $88.9M in Fraud Case
By Anna Boyd, September 16th 2008
"This was a hospital that sought to exploit the Medicare program and obtain millions of dollars in payments that it was not entitled to," said Richard Reich, lawyer for federal whistleblower …, who brought the first case against …and the hospital. Investigators in this case determined that the hospital used incorrect billing codes in cancer treatment from 1996 through 2004 to Medicare and TRICARE. The hospital agreed to return $25 million to the federal government. …, the widow of a hospital’s patient, will receive $3.75 million.”
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Staten_Island_University_Hospital_to_Pay_889M_in_Fraud_Case_24460.html
NY hospital will pay $89M to settle False Claims Act claims
September 16, 2008 By Anne Zieger
Staten Island University Hospital has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of New York nearly $89 million to settle a handful of False Claims Act allegations brought by both the feds and private whistleblowers. The hospital, which admitted no wrongdoing, said in a written statement that it had already put programs into place to address the problems addressed by these allegations when the investigation began.
One whistleblower suit charges that the hospital defrauded Medicare and Tricare by consciously using the wrong billing codes for stereotactic radiosurgery from 1996 to 2004 in care for her now-deceased husband. To settle this charge, the hospital will pay $25 million to the federal government, of which the widow, …, will get $3.75 million.
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/ny-hospital-will-pay-89m-settle-false-claims-act-claims/2008-09-16