A nationwide Medicare fraud investigation led by U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. has resulted in 14 more hospitals agreeing to monetary settlements.
Hochul said the hospitals, all of them located outside of Western New York, agreed to pay $12 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare.
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The settlements stem from a 2008 investigation into claims that certain hospitals overcharged the government for a medical procedure known as kyphoplasty, a procedure often used on patients with spinal fractures.
To date, Hochul’s office has recovered about $50 million from 42 hospitals across the country.
