March 06, 2005
The Florida attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing Tenet Healthcare Corporation of improperly inflating medical procedure charges. The fraudulent inflation resulted in reimbursement from the Medicare Outlier Pool, a fund designed to compensate hospitals for unusually expensive procedures. This deprived Florida’s public hospitals of access to the fund for legitimately incurred expenses, according to the complaint.
The attorney general’s press release and a copy of the complaint are available at the AG’s website.