A central Illinois hospital will pay $292,000 dollars to resolve claims that it didn't return overpayments from the government.
Gibson Area Hospital in Gibson City, about 30 miles east of Bloomington-Normal, withheld money the government overpaid for Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs over a six-year period that ended in March 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Springfield.
“Hospitals and other health care entities must follow agreed upon policies and guidelines while doing business with the federal government,” said special agent in charge Curt Muller of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. “Those engaging in improper billing practices can expect that HHS-OIG and its partners will work to recover inappropriately handled funds.”
The federal government will get $208,000 dollars from the settlement. The state of Illinois will get $84,000.
