Department of Justice LOS ANGELES – Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica has agreed to pay the United States $525 million to resolve allegations that the hospital submitted false inflated claims to the Medicare program for "outlier payments" that are designed to compensate hospitals for providing extraordinarily costly care to patients, United States Attorney André Birotte Jr Arizonabased Banner Health will pay more than $18 million to settle allegations that 12 of its hospitals in Arizona and Colorado knowingly admitted patients for inpatient care who could have been treated on an outpatient basis, and then submitted false claims to Medicare for the services, the Justice Department announced The EU is second, at $23 trillion, while the United States is third, exporting $17 trillion 10 China is the world's largest exporter In 19, China shipped $4517 billion worth of goods to the United States Since the US exports to China were only $1065 billion, there's a $345 billion US trade deficit with China 11
Banner Health Agrees To Pay Over 18m To Settle False Claims Act Allegations