San Mateo County, California, to Pay U.S. $6.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations
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WASHINGTON - San Mateo County, Calif., has agreed to pay the United States $6.8 million to resolve allegations that the San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) submitted false claims to the United States in connection with payments from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Justice Department announced today. The government alleges that SMMC falsely inflated its bed count to Medicare in order to receive higher payments under Medicare’s Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) adjustment. The DSH adjustment is an extra Medicare payment available to hospitals that meet certain requirements, including having 100 or more acute care beds. In addition, the government alleges that San Mateo County improperly obtained federal payments under the Medicaid program for services provided to patients at Institut