Some fraud fight left. Proposed HCA settlement, other enforcement activities indicate feds still serious about fighting healthcare fraud.
Some thought the federal government had been softening efforts to fight healthcare fraud. They were wrong. Last week, HCA was told to ante up nearly $900 million to settle its fraud case; the FBI raided another Tenet Healthcare Corp. Hospital; and the U.S. Justice Department participated in a pending whistleblower suit against 27 hospitals. HCA's legal troubles began when James Alderson (left) blew the whistle.
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