06/01/2010

Fraud Allegations: Looks Like UT Southwestern Left a Pretty Wide Trail

This is a May 30th, 2010, article on the Dallas Morning News website. It goes into a lot more detail than the UPI story concerning the billing fraud allegations against UT Southwestern and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.



Feds probe alleged fraud at UT Southwestern, Parkland | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Nirula testified that lax resident oversight occurred on a daily basis at Parkland. One time, he recalled, residents performed an appendectomy without telling him.

Nirula said he didn't learn of the surgery until it was over. When he later discovered the case had been processed for government reimbursement, he put a stop to the payment, he told The News.


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