HHS-OIG Continue Partial Hospitalization Investigations

February 21, 2000

HHS-OIG Continue Partial Hospitalization Investigations

Several reports by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Human Services (HHS) released late last year, allege that three south Florida hospitals took in a total of nearly $2 million in payments for services that did not meet Medicare eligibility and reimbursement standards for partial hospitalization programs (PHP). The allegations were made against St. Jude Behavioral Health Center and St. Francis Behavioral Health Center, both of Hialeah, and America’s Behavioral Health Center in Miami. The federal investigators looked at the . . .