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Adventist Health System
Sunbelt Healthcare FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. - Winter Park, Florida-based Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation, three affiliated hospitals and a management company that administered ambulance operations at the three hospitals have agreed to pay the U.S. $20.3 million to settle allegations that they overcharged Medicare, the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services announced today. The government alleged that the charged were for ambulance transports for patients which were not medically necessary. Read the full story from the US Government website. http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2004/October/04_civ_723.htm |