Three providers settled self-reported fraud claims for $500,000 or more in June, according to the HHS Office of the Inspector General:
- Pickens, S.C.-based AnMed Health Cannon agreed to pay $551,749.68 on June 9 to settle allegations it paid two physicians in the form of space and lease rental, equipment lease rental, supplies, staff costs, radiation tech costs and personal services contracts.
- Southfield, Mich.-based William Beaumont Hospital agreed to pay more than $1.7 million to resolve allegations that it gave cardiologists excessive compensation and paid a medical practice with free use of medical equipment and personnel.
- Keene, N.H.-based Cheshire Medical Center agreed to pay more than $1.2 million on June 29 to settle charges that it submitted improper claims to Medicare Part A for inpatient rehabilitation therapy services that were not provided as claimed.