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Penn State to Pay Almost $1 Million to Settle Claims of Improper Department Billing

By Brett Sholtis | WITF
Published March 8, 2022 at 8:40 AM EST
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The Pennsylvania State University

Penn State is paying nearly $1 million to resolve a legal issue with the Department of Justice. Transforming Health’s Brett Sholtis reports a department at the school allegedly billed insurers for things it shouldn't have.

(Original air-date: 3/8/22)
PA State News
Brett Sholtis | WITF
Brett Sholtis is a health reporter for WITF/Transforming Health. Sholtis is the 2021-2022 Reveal Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grantee for Mental Health Investigative Journalism with the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. His award-winning work on problem areas in mental health policy and policing helped to get a woman moved from a county jail to a psychiatric facility. Sholtis is a University of Pittsburgh graduate and a Pennsylvania Army National Guard Kosovo campaign veteran.
See stories by Brett Sholtis | WITF