http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/justice-department-joins-lawsuit-against-prime-healthcare/419849/

The U.S. Justice Department recently filed notice in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that it is partly intervening in a whistle-blower case against Prime Healthcare Services. The whistle-blower lawsuit alleges that Prime Healthcare fraudulently billed Medicare for beneficiaries admitted as inpatients instead of treating them as outpatients.

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/doj-accuses-prime-of-driving-up-medicare-admissions/421800/