Browsing: Penalty for unnecessary admission

Oglethorpe Inc., a hospital and its three Ohio facilities(Cambridge Behavioral Hospital, Ridgeview Behavioral Hospital, and The Woods) at Parkside have agreed to pay $10.25 million for improperly providing free long-distance transportation to patients and admitting patients at Cambridge and Ridgeview who did not require inpatient psychiatric treatment, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Medicare program.