Piedmont Healthcare to pay $16 million to resolve federal allegations

Piedmont Healthcare will pay $16 million to settle allegations that it overcharged federal health-care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. The feds claim Piedmont, one of Atlanta's largest health systems, violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for procedures at the more expensive inpatient level of care instead of the less costly outpatient or observation level of care. The settlement also resolves allegatio ns that Piedmont paid a commercially unreasonable…
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