Settlement at Fletcher Allen.(The Week in Healthcare)(Fletcher Allen Health Care is paying $1 million to Vermont and the federal government)

Modern Healthcare, October, 2003 by Fong, Tony

Byline: Tony Fong

Fletcher Allen Health Care last week agreed to pay $1 million to the federal government and Vermont, ending one piece of a major investigation into an expansion project whose price tag has more than doubled since it was first proposed.

One day after the settlement was announced, a state advisory panel recommended that state regulators give the project a green light as long as Fletcher Allen files regular reports on its expenses. John Crowley, the commissioner of the Vermont Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration has until Nov. 20 to make a decision.

Under the terms of the settlement, the 529-bed hospital in Burlington, Vt., will pay $500,000 each to state and federal authorities to settle a civil...

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