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Hospital indicted for healthcare fraud, ignoring physician misconduct

Image of a person getting his blood pressure taken at a medical center.
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A grand jury has indicted a medical center for conspiracy to defraud the US and for healthcare fraud after ignoring repeated physician misconduct.

Earlier this month, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a grand jury indicted the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Virginia for conspiracy to defraud the United States and for healthcare fraud.

In a significant move, this means that DOJ seeks to hold a hospital criminally