title: Some fraud fight left. Proposed HCA settlement, other enforcement activities indicate feds still serious about fighting healthcare fraud.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016365:Liability, Legal; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D035642:Whistleblowing