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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 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

Wellspan Gettysburg Hospital

Allegheny County

Allegheny General Hospital

Alle-Kiski Medical Center

Children’s Home of Pittsburgh

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Harmarville

UPMC Passavant

Berks County

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Reading

Bucks County

Foundations Behavioral Health

Butler County

Butler Memorial Hospital

Centre County

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Nittany Valley

Meadows Psychiatric Center

Chester County

Devereux Children’s Behavioral Health Center

Phoenixville Hospital

Clarion County

Clarion Psychiatric Center

Cumberland County

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Mechanicsburg

Erie County

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie

LECOM Health Corry Memorial Hospital

Mercer County

Grove City Hospital

Montgomery County

Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital

Horsham Clinic

Pottstown Hospital

Philadelphia County

Fairmount Behavioral Health System

Friends Hospital

York County

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of York

 

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