The New York Times reports that officials at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) routinely double-billed the government for Medicaid services over a period dating back to the early 1990s. The billing problems, which appear to involve questionable charges totaling millions of dollars, were apparently caused when the hospital system issued bills for procedures and visits for which doctors had already charged the government.
Adam Henick, a former CFO with UMDNJ, says the government may have overpaid by as much as $5 million. The paper reports that federal prosecutors are investigating. The scandal is only the latest to hit UMDNJ. Over the course of the past year, the healthcare system has been the subject of a series of investigations into its finances and ties to local politicians and business interests.
- see this story from The New York Times