$60 Million Settlement by CoxHealth (Lester E. Cox Medical Centers) for Healthcare Fraud
Improperly billed amounts paid by Medicaid has resulted in payments of $ 60 million to settle CoxHealth. This regulation has led to accusations that in January 1996 would be entered into CoxHealth prohibited financial arrangements that violate the reporting requirements on the cost of Medicare, Stark and anti-corruption statute. John F. Wood, U. S. District Attorney for Western Missouri, which brought the case said: “Our priority is to protect patients. These laws seek to ensure that physicians make referrals to health centers based on the best interests their patients without being induced by payment of the hospitals that compete for your business. These laws also protect the integrity of health care programs funded by the profits. “These laws are in place to ensure that care patients is not compromised and that the best interest of the patient is essential.
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