Carolina Healthcare System Agrees To Pay $6.5 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations-Urine Drug Tests

U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced today that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, dba Carolinas Healthcare System (CHS), has agreed pay the Government $6.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act, by “up-coding” claims for urine drug tests in order to receive higher payment than allowed for the tests.

Source: https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/criminal/index.asp