Bellandi D, Hallam K
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A federal whistleblower lawsuit unsealed last week alleges widespread Medicare fraud at two of the nation's largest for-profit hospital companies, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. and Quorum Health Group--both relatives of Hospital Corporation of America. The case shows how hospitals' legal troubles have spread since the advent of Medicare's prospective payment system in 1984.