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Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.
Adventist Health System paid $118.7 million in 2015 to settle federal fraud allegations, a record sum for a hospital network.
In 2015, Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of healthcare fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice accused the hospital network of submitting false claims to federal insurance programs. It was the largest settlement ever paid by a hospital chain in American history. The agreement resolved claims that the system had improperly coded and billed Medicare and Medicaid. Adventist Health pledged to strengthen its compliance programs to prevent future violations. The case underscored the federal government's focus on combating fraud in the healthcare sector.
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