Pasco, Lee hospitals named in $20M federal settlement

The U.S. Department of Justice had alleged that Acadia Healthcare, among other violations, admitted people not eligible for inpatient treatment and failed to release people no longer in need of care.

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Acadia Healthcare, a Tennessee medical group with behavioral hospitals in Fort Myers and Wesley Chapel, has agreed to pay $19.85 million to settle allegations that it “knowingly” billed for unnecessary medical services and services not meeting federal and state regulations at hospitals nationwide.

 

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