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Ga. U.S. Attorney: Atlanta Hospital System to Pay $16 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations
June 27, 2020
ATLANTA, Georgia, June 27 -- U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. Pak, issued the following news release:

Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., an Atlanta-based hospital system, has agreed to pay $16 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for procedures at the more expensive inpatient level of care instead of the less costly outpatient or observation level of care. The settlement also resolves allegations tha . . .

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