Cardiac arrests. Hospitals anxious they could face hefty false claims penalties in implanted cardiac defibrillator cases
Carlson, J.
Modern Healthcare 42(30): 6-7; 16, 1
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 22950260 Document Number: 663018
Hospitals are nervously waiting to hear if False Claims Act penalties will be imposed on implanted defibrillator cases that don't fit Medicare guidelines. The Cleveland Clinic's heart program has had 264 of its cases questioned. "At the time, I think we made the right decision, and I don't feel at all uncomfortable defending that," says Bruce Lindsay, left, of the system. "I think we did the right thing".