Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System has agreed to pay more than $3.7 million to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed government and commercial insurers for spine surgeries performed by a former neurosurgeon.
What happened?
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- The government alleged in a Feb. 4 news release that MultiCare failed to address red flags raised regarding behavior of Jason Dreyer, DO, a former neurosurgeon with the system, “all while increasing its own revenue with fraudulently obtained tax payer money.”
- Dr. Dreyer performed spine surgeries at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash., between 2019 and 2021, according to court records. The allegations were first raised in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in April 2022 by a former patient of Dr. Dreyer’s, Deannette…