MultiCare Health System支付370万美元以和解其进行不必要的脊柱手术并错误向医疗保险收费的索赔。 MultiCare Health System to pay $3.7 million to settle claims it performed unnecessary spine surgeries and billed Medicare improperly.

根据联邦解决方案,多护理保健系统将支付370万美元,以解决关于它为病人进行医疗上不必要的脊椎外科手术的指控。 MultiCare Health System will pay $3.7 million to settle allegations that it performed medically unnecessary spine surgeries on patients, according to a federal settlement. 本案由美国司法部提出, 指控医疗系统开具医疗费帐单, 以及其他不符合医疗标准的外科手术方案。 The case, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, accused the health system of billing Medicare and other programs for surgeries that did not meet medical standards. 和解协议不包括认罪。 The settlement does not include an admission of guilt.