Missouri Hospitals Settle False Claims Charges

ST. LOUIS—Two Missouri-based hospital systems will pay $2.2 million to settle charges that they submitted claims to Medicare for routine foot care procedures that were not covered under the program, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri announced Dec. 1.

Under the terms of the settlement, which was reached without the filing of a lawsuit, St. John’s Mercy Health System and St. John’s Health System will pay the United States $2.2 million to resolve claims that six system hospitals violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for routine foot care in violation ...