SPOTLIGHT: Pediatrix settles overbilling claim for $25M

Pediatrix settles overbilling claim for $25M
Pediatrix Medical Group, a provider of infant care in 32 states, will pay the federal government $25 million to settle a claim that the group billed Medicaid and other programs for critical neonatal care for infants who didn't need it. The fraud took place between 1996 and 1999. The group maintains that it did not overcharge Medicaid. Report [1]