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
Bedford County
Blair County
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Bucks County
St. Luke’s Hospital, Upper Bucks
Chester County
Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital
Clinton County
Columbia County
Greene County
Washington Health System, Greene
Lackawanna County
Allied Services Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
Lebanon County
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital
Luzerne County
John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
Montgomery County
Philadelphia County
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Schuylkill County
Somerset County
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Susquehanna County
Washington County
Wayne County
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