(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio) WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice has reached 70 settlements involving 457 hospitals in 43 states for more than $250 million related to cardiac devices that were implanted in Medicare patients in violation of Medicare coverage requirements, the Department of Justice announced today. 'While recognizing and respecting physician judgment, the department will hold accountable hospitals and health systems for procedures performed by physicians at their facilities that fail to comply with Medicare billing rules,' said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department's Civil...
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