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California Physician Pleads Guilty in Medicaid Fraud Conspiracy

Dignity Health pays $10 million to settle fraud allegations

Dignity Health pays $10 million to settle fraud allegations Dignity Health pays $10 million to settle fraud allegations Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images Dignity Health and its medical group Neurosurgical Associates agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare. Phoenix-based St. Joseph s Hospital, which is operated by Dignity s neurosurgeons, allegedly performed concurrent surgeries even though it billed Medicare for separate procedures. The amended complaint, which a whistleblower filed in an Arizona federal court in 2018, described it as a bait-and-switch scheme. Dr. Bruce Kingsley, the whistleblower who practiced at St. Joseph, alleged that young and inexperienced residents would perform high-risk procedures with little or no guidance from a reputable surgeon, contrary to patients expectations. A reputable teaching neurosurgeon would allegedly claim responsibility for multiple surgeries occurring at the same time and fraudulent

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