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Ascension Michigan and related hospitals, Providence Park Hospital, St. John Hospital, and Medical Center, St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital, and Ascension Crittenton Hospital (collectively, Ascension Michigan), all located in Michigan, have agreed to pay $2.8 million, federal officials stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of false claims for payment to federal health care programs related to alleged medically unnecessary procedures performed by a gynecologic oncologist, aka \u201cthe Doctor\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cWhen hospitals receive payment from federal health care programs for medically unnecessary surgical procedures, they cannot simply retain those payments; they have an obligation to return them,\u201d said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Division. \u201cWe will continue to ensure that taxpayer funds are used appropriately for the important programs that they support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The settlement announced today resolves allegations that from Feb. 1, 2011, through June 30, 2017, Ascension Michigan knowingly submitted false claims for payment to federal health care programs and improperly retained payment for professional and facility fees related to medically unnecessary radical hysterectomies that the Doctor performed, chemotherapy services that the Doctor administered or ordered that were not medically necessary, and evaluation and management services by the Doctor that were not performed or not rendered as represented. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government alleged that Ascension Michigan had concerns about the quality of care provided by the Doctor due to patient complaints and his suspected higher than average rates of pulmonary embolisms and surgical infections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government further alleged that, as a result of these concerns, Ascension Michigan engaged a third-party doctor to conduct a peer review of a sample of the Doctor\u2019s patients, which found that, for the majority of the radical hysterectomies and chemotherapy performed by the Doctor, a less aggressive surgery or medical intervention would have been the standard of care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though Ascension Michigan initially improperly retained the monies that it collected related to its billings, Ascension Michigan cooperated in the government\u2019s investigation and took active steps to address concerns related to the Doctor by: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Engaging a third-party doctor to conduct the peer review<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Placing the Doctor on a performance improvement plan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ending its contractual relationship with the Doctor <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The civil settlement includes the resolution of claims brought by Pamela Satchwell, Dawn Kasdorf, and Bethany Silva-Gomez under the\u00a0qui tam<\/em>\u00a0or whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tips and complaints from all sources about potential fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement can be reported to the Department of Health and Human Services at 800-HHS-TIPS (800-447-8477).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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