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Hartford Hospital settles cancer overbilling suit

Hartford Hospital will reimburse the Medicare program $788,960 to settle allegations that it overcharged the government for certain cancer treatments over a four-year period. The False Claims Act suit accused the hospital of billing medicare for up to six units of chemotherapy per patient visit, when only one unit is permitted.

The Hartford Courant said that Hartford Hospital was the fourth in Connecticut to settle charges based on this practice.

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