Connecticut Hospital Settles False Claims Case
March 13, 2008
The Yale Daily News and U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor announced on March 8, 2008, that Yale-New Haven Hospital agreed to pay a $3.78 Million fine on a False Claims Act case for Medicare fraud allegations, stemming from over billing of Medicare for infusion therapy, chemotherapy and blood transfusions on patients.
The Oncology Infusion Service was also accused of giving medications and conducting lab studies without a doctor order. Federal Medicare only allows payment for one unit of infusion therapy, chemotherapy or blood transfusion per patient per day, but the hospital had billed Medicare as often as five times per day for the same patient. This is the second False Claims Act settlement by this hospital.
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