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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Hallmark Health Systems
Penalty: $1,750,000
Year: 2015
Date: April 13, 2015
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Hallmark Health Systems agreed to pay $1.75 million in settlement of allegations it improperly billed Medicaid for inpatient admissions at its hospitals, using a default code that classified patients as short-stay inpatients when a cheaper observation or outpatient level of care was appropriate.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
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