Feds raid hospital, clinics for patient records in fraud investigation

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/feds-raid-hospital-clinics-patient-records-fraud-investigation/2012-04-27


Feds raid hospital, clinics for patient records in fraud investigation

By kcheung
Created Apr 27 2012 - 11:15am
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided a Houston
psychiatric hospital and its two mental health clinics Thursday,
seizing hundreds of patient records in a Medicare fraud probe, the
Houston Chronicle reported. FBI and investigators from the Texas
Attorney General's office seized files of patients of Westbury
Community Hospital and its clinics in southwest Houston and Baytown,
looking into whether the hospital or clinic workers paid personal care
home owners to recruit residents for treatment.
Although officials have not charged the hospital or its employees,
authorities are conducting "law enforcement activity," an FBI
spokeswoman said. Jerry Skinner, the hospital's vice president of
organization integrity and compliance, said it is the "most compliant
group in the entire city."
The recent FBI probe at Westbury is the third in a line of
investigations of area clinics offering partial hospitalization
program services during the past five months. Article [1]
medicare fraud Mental Health Clinics patient records Westbury
Community Hospital
Source URL: http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/feds-raid-hospital-clinics-patient-records-fraud-investigation/2012-04-27
Links:
[1] http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Feds-seize-mental-health-clinic-records-in-3512275.php




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