tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 8

HOSPITALS: Congress Gets Ready to Pat Down Financial Arrangements

Hospitals, IGT schemes are lightening states' load - but forcing government to pay moreOngoing investigations into intergovernmental transfers and other financing mechanisms may be heating up. Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) sent letters to 20 hospitals across the country requesting information and Medicaid documents Jan. 11. He wants the facilities to come clean about arrangements that may be fraudulently churning out extra federal Medicaid matching funds for states - at the expense of patient care.Barton says hospitals and clinics often receive generous but temporary payments that they quickly return to the...

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