KUAR | By Hunter Field / Arkansas Advocate
A Northwest Arkansas hospital chain must repay $1.1 million to the state Medicaid program over the former State Medical Board chairman’s billing practices.
The settlement is the latest development in the Medicaid fraud investigation against Dr. Brian Hyatt, a Northwest Arkansas psychiatrist.
State investigators reviewed medical records and hundreds of hours of surveillance footage before concluding there was “reasonable cause” to believe Hyatt billed Medicaid without providing the appropriate level of patient care.
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A COVID-19 patient lies in a hospital bed at Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital, in Bergamo, Italy.