Tennessee-based Community Health Systems' (CHS) operational practices are the subject of a new investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The investigation was made public in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.
The filing said that CHS received a Civil Investigative Demand in January and that the company was...
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Select Medical and Northwest Healthcare, a subsidiary of Community Health Systems, announced the joint venture partnership and acquisition of Curahealth Tucson, a 47-bed long-term acute care hospital.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the early third quarter of 2021. Under the joint venture,...News
CHS agreed to pay after the government alleged that HMA knew they were billing Medicaid and Medicare for inpatient services instead of correctly billing as outpatient or observation services. HMA was also paying physicians for referrals and inflating claims for ED facility fees.
HMA's alleged fraudulent behavior happened between 2002...
At issue is a volume licensing agreement, meant for organizations with 500 or more users or devices that want to buy various Microsoft services and software licenses under one agreement.
Filed in US District Court, the suit claims CHS entered into numerous computer software licensing agreements over nearly two decades. The agreements,...