A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against AHS Hospital Corp, Atlantic Health System Inc, and Overlook Hospital. They are accused of overbilling Medicare.
The whistleblower's portion of the settlement recovery was not disclosed.
The initial whistleblower case was filed in April 2008. The United States alleged that Overlook Hospital, owned and operated by AHS Hospital Corporation, and Atlantic Health Systems Inc., overbilled Medicare for patients who were treated on an inpatient basis when they should have been treated as either observation patients or on an outpatient basis.