US Justice Department Joins False Claims Act Lawsuit against For-Profit Hospital Chain & Ex- CEO for ER Admissions Scheme

Whistleblower lawsuit alleges that HMA, its former CEO Gary Newsome, and ER contractor EmCare induced and coerced ER doctors to admit more patients Columbia, SC – The U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) has intervened in a qui tam (whistleblower) False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA), the nation’s third-largest for-profit hospital…
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