After an internal compliance employee filed a wrongful dismissal case against Health Management Associates, the Department of Health and Human Services sought records the employee allegedly refused to hand over to the company.  According to the employee, he was fired after reporting to company executives that HMA’s hospitals were overbilling Medicare.  According to the company, the employee was fired because he refused to return confidential documents allegedly needed in order for the company to comply with two subpoenas.  The employee has since turned over the records to the Department of Health and Human Services.  No fraud charges have been publicly filed against HMA, although it is possible that a whistleblower case currently exists under seal. Such a case would be filed secretly in order to allow the government to decide whether to intervene in the case.

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