Auditor General DeFoor Releases Tobacco Settlement Fund Audits for 24 Health Care Facilities in 14 Counties
Auditor General DeFoor Releases Tobacco Settlement Fund Audits for 24 Health Care Facilities in 14 Counties
HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 17 health care facilities in Adams, Allegheny, Berks, Bucks, Butler, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Cumberland, Erie, Mercer, Montgomery, Philadelphia and York counties.
“Our audits ensure hospitals have documentation to support the receipt of tobacco settlement funds before receiving reimbursement for uncompensated care,” DeFoor said.
Reached in 1998, the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement settled state lawsuits brought against tobacco companies to recover costs associated with treating smoking-related illnesses. Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Settlement Act (Act 77 of 2001) allocated some of the billions of dollars in settlement funds to reimburse hospitals for providing care to uninsured patients.
The audit reports are linked below or available online at www.PaAuditor.gov/audit-reports.
Adams County
Allegheny County
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Harmarville
Berks County
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Reading
Bucks County
Butler County
Centre County
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Nittany Valley
Chester County
Devereux Children’s Behavioral Health Center
Clarion County
Cumberland County
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Mechanicsburg
Erie County
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie
LECOM Health Corry Memorial Hospital
Mercer County
Montgomery County
Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital
Philadelphia County
Fairmount Behavioral Health System
York County
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of York
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