NJ to seize Medicaid dollars from hospital for failing to produce financial records

The New Jersey Department of Health has fined Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J., for failing to submit its annual audit, according to an NJ.com report.

The for-profit owner of the hospital, investment group MHA, agreed to submit the yearly audits when it purchased Meadowlands Hospital in 2010.

Meadowlands Hospital owes the state $54,000 — $6,000 for each month the audit is missing, according to the report.

The New Jersey Department of Health is moving to seize $40,000 from Meadowlands Hospital's Medicaid reimbursements to satisfy the debt.

This isn't the first time the 230-bed Meadowlands Hospital has been fined over the audit reports. Since 2012, the state has levied more than $180,000 in fines against the hospital, according to the report.

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