Medicare billing practices at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville are the subject of a probe by the U.S. Department of Justice and Office of Inspector General, according to a Tennessean report.
The investigation, which dates back several months, includes requests for records of services provided to Medicare patients in Vanderbilt's four intensive care units. The Tennessean reviewed internal Vanderbilt memos that suggested a focus on when physicians were scheduled to staff the ICUs.
In one memo, Vanderbilt Associate General Counsel Nate Gilmer said the OIG asked for physician and anesthesiologist scheduling records for several months in 2005, 2008 and 2011, according to the report.
A hospital official said Vanderbilt is cooperating with the government in the civil inquiry, according to the report.
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The investigation, which dates back several months, includes requests for records of services provided to Medicare patients in Vanderbilt's four intensive care units. The Tennessean reviewed internal Vanderbilt memos that suggested a focus on when physicians were scheduled to staff the ICUs.
In one memo, Vanderbilt Associate General Counsel Nate Gilmer said the OIG asked for physician and anesthesiologist scheduling records for several months in 2005, 2008 and 2011, according to the report.
A hospital official said Vanderbilt is cooperating with the government in the civil inquiry, according to the report.
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