NORTH CAROLINA, HOSPITALS TO REPAY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT $151M FOR MEDICAID OVERPAYMENTS

North Carolina and 51 hospitals in the state will repay the federal government $151.5 million to account for Medicaid overpayments the state and hospitals received that were the result of accounting mistakes, according to a settlement agreement released Friday by the state's three U.S. attorneys and HHS, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Medical News Today (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=50285&nfid=rssfeeds)