HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 38 health care facilities in Adams, Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Clinton, Crawford, Dauphin, Erie, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Tioga, Warren, Westmoreland 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
Bucks County
St. Luke’s Hospital, Upper Bucks
Chester County
Clinton County
Crawford County
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
Erie County
Franklin County
Lancaster County
Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital
Lebanon County
Lehigh County
Lehigh Valley Hospital, Lehigh County
Lycoming County
Mercer County
Sharon Regional Medical Center
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital
Montgomery County Emergency Services
Northampton County
Philadelphia County
Fairmount Behavioral Health System
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Schuylkill County
Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill
Tioga County
Warren County
Westmoreland County
AHN Hempfield Neighborhood Hospital
York County
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