Hospital company to pay in Medicare allegations

Main Line Hospitals Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $1.03 million to resolve allegations that it submitted improper claims to the Medicare program between Jan. 1, 2004, and Feb. 28, 2011, for evaluation and management services that were not allowable for payment, said the U.S. Attorney's Office in Harrisburg. Main Line Line Hospitals owns and operates Bryn Mawr Hospital, Lankenau Medical Center, Paoli Hospital, and Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District in Pennsylvania had jurisdiction because Medicare provider claims are processed by Novitas Solutions Inc., formerly Highmark Medicare Services, in Camp Hill. The government determined that the services were not different enough from the "underlying procedure" for which Medicare also paid Paoli, Bryn Mawr and Lankenau hospitals.