The complaint alleges that Sutter submitted unsupported diagnoses, which overstated the medical risk of patients and led to inflated payments. (Photo: Jason Doiy/ALM)
The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it was joining a lawsuit accusing Sutter Health of submitting false information about the health of certain Medicare patients in order to inflate payments from the government.
The Sacramento-based hospital chain, one of the largest in the country, is also fighting an antitrust lawsuit brought earlier this year by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
“Federal health care programs rely on the accuracy of information submitted by healthcare providers to ensure that patients are afforded the appropriate level of care and that managed care plans receive appropriate compensation,” Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jody Hunt said in a news release.
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