March 15, 2016
Posted March 28, 2016
Tennessee-based Southern Tennessee Medical Center agreed to pay roughly $2.5 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting Medicare claims for medically unnecessary days of in-patient geriatric psychiatric services and in-patient geriatric psychiatric services for which a Physician Certification or Recertification was not obtained. DOJ (MDTN)
Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Provider Fraud,