Sounds like a lot of CORRUPTION AND COVER UP GOING ON....and no one is doing anything about it....there should be someone in charge of what happened. What are they doing....blaming the devil?

What about all the charity care WakeMed provides that they Never get reimbursed for at all? No one seems to care about that.

Wake Med is the largest employer in Wake County. Imagine it having to close!!!

I can guarantee, after working at Wake Med for 5 years, that someone who makes 10-12 dollars per hour lost their jobs for this. And, they only did what they were TOLD to do....

This isn't limited to WakeMed. Across the country there are hospital districts and private practices doing the exact same thing. Even the large pharmacy chains are in on the action.

We can easily demonize the "welfare mom". When you wear a nice suit and steal millions for a living, you're heralded and shielded. I'm sure all those in charge got nice fat bonuses for increasing revenue.

FINALLY A GOOD JUDGE IF I HAD MY OWN BUSINESS AND DID WHAT WAKE MED DID I WOULD BE IN JAIL HE IS CORRECT THEY NEED TO CHARGE SOMEONE OF COURSE THEY CAN PAY THE MONEY BACK BUT WHY DID THEY SETTLE BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY HAD FRAUDED THREE TIMES WHAT THEY ARE PAYING INDICTED THEM CRIMINAL CHARGE SOMEONE TO STOP THIS.

None of the employees involved received any benefit. - superman

True, but unfortunately the employees will suffer for this. Three years ago WakeMed was broke and there were no raises or bonuses...now all of a sudden they are buying up every hospital and practice around...where did the $$$ come from?

my thought process as i read this article:

"Dr. Bill Atkinson, WakeMed president and chief executive, said last month there was never any intent to defraud the government. He attributed the fraudulent billings to mistakes in interpreting complex Medicare rules."

huh? either patients stayed overnight and medicare should be billed, or they didn't stay and medicare should not be billed. the rules are pretty cut and dry there. there's no grey area in the rules pertaining to charging for hospital stays.

"WakeMed backtracked on some of those comments this week, issuing a statement noting that it knew the rules and was bound to follow them."

yeah. that's what i thought.

lying to try to make yourself look better when you're already in trouble for fraud isn't a wise move.

Wake Med also needs to be investigated for the way they handle patients outstanding medical bills. Twice I have used their services and after my insurance settled bill I was responsible for the remainder. I scheduled a payment plan and was on time for every payment except when the holiday mail did not get my payment to them.They immediately turned it over to collections which by the way they own. Don' understand that!I paid/mailed the bill 5 days before it was due. It took the post office 6 days to deliver the payment.I tracked it. By the way I live in Apex less than 10 miles from Wake Med on Tryon Rd.

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