HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 29 health care facilities in Allegheny, Beaver, Blair, Bucks, Cambria, Centre, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Fayette, Greene, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Wayne and Westmoreland 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
Beaver County
Blair County
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Bucks County
Cambria County
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Centre County
Chester County
Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital
Cumberland County
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Hospital
Delaware County
Fayette County
Highlands Hospital and Health Center
Greene County
Washington Health System, Greene
Huntingdon County
Jefferson County
Lackawanna County
Lehigh County
Luzerne County
First Hospital of Wyoming Valley
Montgomery County
Physicians Care Surgical Hospital
Philadelphia County
Wayne County
Westmoreland County
Excela Health Latrobe Hospital
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