Hospital to pay $5.5M to settle improper Medicaid payments case

Case, for which hospital officials attribute to difference of interpretation of Medicaid rules, dates back to 2014 and 2015.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 10:50 a.m. February 15, 2022
  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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NAPLES — NCH Healthcare System, which operates two Collier County hospitals, has agreed to pay the federal government $5.5 million to settle allegations it made donations to local units of government to improperly fund the state’s share of Medicaid payments to NCH.

 

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