A Minnesota hospital company that worked with debt-collection firm Accretive Health is in hot water with the federal government over allegedly harassing sick patients for money in the emergency department and at their bedsides.
The University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis, a Fairview Health Services hospital, could get booted from Medicare and Medicaid as a consequence of these alleged activities, according to the Star Tribune. Lesser sanctions are more likely, however, the newspaper reports.
Source: TheHuffingtonPost
