United States Sues 8 Hospitals Over Alleged Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Summary

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against eight New York hospitals, alleging they have defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by submitting false claims for services, with the case, United States v. Classic Care Network, Inc., North Shore University Hospital, North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, Central Suffolk Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Huntington Hospital, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and South Nassau Communities Hospital, No. CV 94 5566 (E.D.N.Y., filed December 5, 1994), dating back to 1994.