Former employee sues hospital operator for unnecessary procedures and illegal billing
A former claims director filed a lawsuit against HCA Holdings alleging the company performed unnecessary cardiology procedures and submitted false claims, the Wall Street Journal reports.
In 2000 and 2003, HCA paid a record fraud settlement of $1.7 billion for allegedly improperly billing Medicare and making illegal payments to physicians.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.