August 12, 2014
The U.S. government on Monday asked an Indiana federal judge for permission to intervene in a qui tam False Claims Act suit alleging Community Health Systems Inc. overbilled government programs for inpatient services, one week after reaching a deal with CHS to settle a string of lawsuits over the fraud.
August 04, 2014
Community Health Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $98.15 million to resolve seven whistleblower False Claims Act lawsuits accusing the acute-care hospital giant of overbilling government programs for inpatient services that should have been billed as outpatient or "observation" services, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.