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Uni Of IL Hospital Sued For $3 Million For Fraudulent Liver Transplants |
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28 Jul 2003
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Chicago Hospitals Accused of Organ Transplant Fraud |
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Three Chicago hospitals were accused of fraud by prosecutors on Monday for manipulating diagnoses of transplant patients to get them new livers.
Two of the institutions paid fines to settle the charges.
<[p>The University of Chicago Hospitals and Northwestern Memorial Hospital paid fines of $115,000 and $23,587, respectively, without admitting or denying guilt in the "whistle-blower" suits initiated by a transplant specialist.
The University of Illinois Hospital was sued for $3 million.
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