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Hospital chain to pay $16.5 million in kickback case involving the homeless

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Hospital chain to pay $16.5 million in kickback case involving the homeless

Tom Watkins, CNN

Updated 3:10 AM EDT,
Fri August 24, 2012

A homeless man sits with his belongings near downtown Los Angeles.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Pacific Health Corporation and three of its hospitals agree to the payment

Marketers recruited homeless from L.A.'s "Skid Row" for often unneeded treatment

Medicare and Medi-Cal picked up the tab

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/24/health/homeless-kickbacks/index.html?hpt=hp_t3




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