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PA Department of the Auditor General

HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 30 health care facilities in Allegheny, Bedford, Blair, Bucks, Chester, Clinton, Columbia, Greene, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Somerset, Susquehanna, Washington and Wayne 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

UPMC St. Margaret

Bedford County

UPMC Bedford

Blair County

Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

Bucks County

St. Luke’s Hospital, Upper Bucks

Chester County

Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital

Chester County Hospital

Paoli Hospital

Clinton County

Bucktail Medical Center

Columbia County

Berwick Hospital Center

Greene County

Washington Health System, Greene

Lackawanna County

Allied Services Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Lebanon County

Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital

Wellspan Philhaven Hospital

Luzerne County

John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Montgomery County

Bryn Mawr Hospital

Lankenau Medical Center

Lansdale Hospital

Philadelphia County

American Oncologic Hospital

Chestnut Hill Hospital

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Pennsylvania Hospital

Schuylkill County

Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital

St. Luke’s Hospital, Miners

Somerset County

Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center

UPMC Somerset

Susquehanna County

Barnes Kasson Hospital

Washington County

Washington Hospital

Wayne County

Wayne Memorial Hospital

 

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