6 Rush University Doctors Sued for Medicare Fraud

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 in News Stories

A whistle-blower lawsuit was filed against Rush University Medical Center, a teaching hospital in Chicago. The suit accuses the orthopedic department and 6 of its surgeons for violating Medicare practices.

One of the violations detailed in the suit involves the surgeons not supervising their residents during surgery, but billing Medicare as if they were there. Often they would supervise through close-circuit television, and supposedly in at least one case the surgeon did not enter the operating room at all.

Some of the whistle-blower’s claims have been settled already by the medical center and the US government. You can read more at the link below.

Read more at: Chicago Tribune.