Auditor General DeFoor Releases Tobacco Settlement Fund Audits for 30 Health Care Facilities in 20 Counties

HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 31 health care facilities in Allegheny, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Cambria, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clinton, Cumberland, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Susquehanna 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.

Allegheny County

Children’s Home of Pittsburgh

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Harmarville

UPMC McKeesport

Bedford County

UPMC Bedford

Berks County

Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of Reading

Blair County

Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of Altoona

Bucks County

Foundations Behavioral Health

Cambria County

Conemaugh Miners Medical Center

Centre County

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Nittany Valley

Mount Nittany Medical Center

Chester County

Devereux Children’s Behavioral Health Center

Clarion County

Clarion Psychiatric Center

Clinton County

Bucktail Medical Center

Cumberland County

Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

Delaware County

Delaware County Memorial Hospital

Lackawanna County

Allied Services Institute of Rehab Medicine

Lehigh County

Good Sheperd Rehabilitation Hospital

St. Luke’s Hospital Bethlehem

Luzerne County

John Heinz Institute of Rehab Medicine

Montgomery County

Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital

Eagleville Hospital

Horsham Clinic

Valley Forge Medical Center

Philadelphia County

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Fairmount Behavioral Health System

Friends Hospital

Kensington Hospital

Schuylkill County

Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital

Susquehanna County

Barnes Kasson Hospital

York County

Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of York

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