Another Charitable Hospital settles Whistleblower Suit for Medicare Fraud
Articles such as these have led many commentators to question whether so-called charitable health care institutions are truly charitable. A recent report online states that Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden and Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County in Willingboro will pay the government $7.95 million in response to allegations that the hospitals defrauded Medicare. This is not the first time Our Lady of Lourdes Health Care Services Inc. has been involved in litigation due to questionable billing practices. In 2005, Lourdes Medical Center was a defendant in a civil suit which stated that the hospital fraudulently inflated its charges to Medicare patients in order to collect enhanced reimbursements.
