Deirdre M. Daly, US Attorney for Connecticut, today released that the UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER (“UConn Health”) has settled with the US Government through which it will pay $184, 984 for allegations that it overbilled the Medicare Program. The US Government alleges that UConn Health improperly submitted claims to Medicare for certain procedures. Specifically, the government alleges that UConn Health submitted claims using codes for higher paying wound closure procedures, {somewhat|alternatively} than using codes for the lower paying {injury|hurt} procedures that had been actually performed. By incorrectly coding the wound closure procedures, UConn Health received money from Medicare it was not entitled to receive.

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