CORRECTED: Prime Healthcare Hit With $50M Medicare Overbilling Suit

By Erica Teichert · January 8, 2014, 2:16 PM EST

Prime Healthcare Services Inc. overcharged Medicare and Medicaid about $50 million for patient stays by deliberately falsifying admissions information, an employee whistleblower alleges in a False Claims Act suit unsealed Tuesday....

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Case Information

Case Title

United States of America et al v. Prime Healthcare Services Inc et al

Case Number

Court

California Central

Nature of Suit

Other Statutory Actions

Date Filed

October 03, 2011

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