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Two Indiana hospitals have repaid millions of dollars to the federal government to settle claims they overcharged for a type
of spinal surgery.
Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie paid just under $2 million. President and chief executive Mike Haley said the hospital had
fully cooperated with the investigation and voluntarily agreed to repay the money.
Bloomington Hospital repaid $1.4 million. Corporate counsel Jim Whitlatch said the settlement was not an admission of liability
but a "business decision."
The two were among nine U.S. hospitals that had been charged with submitting false claims to the Medicare program after performing
the surgeries.
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