Tacoma, Wash., Medical Firm to Pay $14.5 Million to Settle Overbilling Allegations
WASHINGTON - Sound Inpatient Physicians Inc. will pay $14.5 million to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicare and other federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced today. Sound Physicians is a Tacoma, Wash.-based provider of hospitalists and other physicians to hospitals and other medical facilities. It employs more than 700 hospitalists and post-acute physicians, who provide services at 70 hospitals and a growing network of post-acute facilities in 22 states.
Action Details
- Date:July 3, 2013
- Agency:U.S. Department of Justice
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions