Yavapai Regional Medical Center to Pay $5.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations
PHOENIX - Yavapai Regional Medical Center (Yavapai), an Arizona not-for-profit community health system, has agreed to pay the United States $5.85 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by misreporting data about the hours worked by its employees on its annual cost reports, which improperly inflated the amount of money it received from the Medicare program.
Action Details
- Date:October 4, 2016
- Agency:U.S. Attorney
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions