HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 31 health care facilities in Allegheny, Beaver, Blair, Bucks, Cambria, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Jefferson, Lancaster, McKean, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Philadelphia, Union, 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.
Allegheny County
Beaver County
Blair County
Bucks County
Cambria County
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Clinton County
Columbia County
Cumberland County
Dauphin County
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Delaware County
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Elk County
Jefferson County
Lancaster County
McKean County
Geisinger Community Medical Center
Montgomery County
Avenues Recovery Medical Center at Valley Forge
Northampton County
Northumberland County
Philadelphia County
Union County
Evangelical Community Hospital
Warren County
Westmoreland County
York County
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