Gibson General Hospital in Princeton, Ind., has made a civil settlement to resolve allegations that the hospital assumed billing for its surgery center to receive larger Medicare and Medicaid payments than if the billing had come from the surgery center, according to a Princeton Daily Clarion report.
Terms of the settlement agreement were not specified, according to the report.
The hospital's former CFO, Gregory Schulten, claimed the hospital billed for its Princeton Surgery Center from 2007-2009. By billing for the surgery center's procedures through the hospital, it allegedly received higher reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.
Mr. Schulten also alleged that he was discriminated against for making the complaints and was fired for not getting along with people. He sued for fines, to regain his job and double back-pay with interest, and other damages.
Emmett Schuster, GGH president and CEO, said the resolution allows the hospital to avoid the years and cost it would take to be fully vindicated, according to the report.
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Terms of the settlement agreement were not specified, according to the report.
The hospital's former CFO, Gregory Schulten, claimed the hospital billed for its Princeton Surgery Center from 2007-2009. By billing for the surgery center's procedures through the hospital, it allegedly received higher reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.
Mr. Schulten also alleged that he was discriminated against for making the complaints and was fired for not getting along with people. He sued for fines, to regain his job and double back-pay with interest, and other damages.
Emmett Schuster, GGH president and CEO, said the resolution allows the hospital to avoid the years and cost it would take to be fully vindicated, according to the report.
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