Auditor General DeFoor Releases Tobacco Settlement Fund Audits for 30 Health Care Facilities in 20 Counties
HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor Wednesday announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 31 health care facilities in Allegheny, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Cambria, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clinton, Cumberland, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Susquehanna 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
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Harmarville
Bedford County
Berks County
Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of Reading
Blair County
Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of Altoona
Bucks County
Cambria County
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Centre County
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Nittany Valley
Chester County
Devereux Children’s Behavioral Health Center
Clarion County
Clinton County
Cumberland County
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Delaware County
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Lackawanna County
Allied Services Institute of Rehab Medicine
Lehigh County
Good Sheperd Rehabilitation Hospital
Luzerne County
John Heinz Institute of Rehab Medicine
Montgomery County
Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital
Philadelphia County
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Fairmount Behavioral Health System
Schuylkill County
Susquehanna County
York County
Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of York
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