U.S. Department of Justice

New Jersey Hospital to Pay $3 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, December 3rd, 2009

The United States has entered into a settlement with a New Jersey hospital and filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against a New York hospital involving allegations that the hospitals defrauded Medicare, the Justice Department announced.

The United States settled for $3.02 million, plus interest, with Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J. The United States is also seeking to intervene in a lawsuit brought against Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in East Patchogue, N.Y.

Both of the hospitals are defendants in a suit brought by a whistleblower, Tony Kite, in 2005. The lawsuit involved allegations that the hospitals fraudulently inflated...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2009-12-03)

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