Audit Faults East Meadow-Based Nuhealth for Billing Errors

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A Nassau County Comptroller audit has found NuHealth failed to collect between $3.5 million and $6.5 million due to incomplete billing information, paid excessive overtime and issued contracts without proper bidding procedures.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, whose audit extended from 2009 through June 2010, said billing errors, including incomplete information related to diagnosis, resulted in a loss of up to $6.5 million in noncollectable payments.

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Audit Faults East Meadow-Based Nuhealth for Billing Errors

Maragos said "the numerous issues uncovered and their significant cost implications" hampered NuHealth's "ability to continue fulfilling its mission to provide medical...

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