U.S. Department of Labor subpoenas records for probe of possible Hutcheson Medical Center fraud
FORT OGLETHORPE -- U.S. Department of Labor officials confirmed they are investigating the leaders of the old Hutcheson Medical Center for possibly millions of dollars in health care fraud.
In a subpoena, Labor Department Regional Director Isabel Colon asked the hospital's bankruptcy trustee, Ronald Glass, to meet with an investigator on Dec. 16. The purpose? A criminal inquiry into whether Hutcheson administrators defrauded employees of their retirement and health care benefits.
Multiple former Hutcheson workers told the Times Free Press earlier this year that debt collectors called them after they went to hospitals for operations, prescriptions and check-ups. Hutcheson was self-insured, and employees said they paid the company every two weeks for their benefits.
Nevertheless, they said, debt collectors began contacting them in late 2014, around the time Hutcheson filed for bankruptcy. This September, Glass filed a court document estimating the unpaid claims had reached $2.8 million.
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