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Litigation

Apr. 7, 2011

Sutter Health Facing Massive Qui Tam Suit

Northern California's biggest hospital network is fighting charges that it engaged in a massive billing fraud affecting hundreds of thousands of claims to insurance companies.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Northern California's largest hospital network is fighting accusations it engaged in a massive billing fraud affecting hundreds of thousands of claims to insurance companies.


The proposed whistle-blower suit accuses Sutter Health, which maintains 35 percent of the hospital beds in Northern California, and two insurance plan middlemen of a scheme to overcharge insurers for anesthe...

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