Joe White, former CFO of the now-closed Shelby Regional Medical Center in Center, Texas, has agreed to pay back $4.4 million obtained through fraudulent attestation to meaningful use; he could face seven years in federal prison

A former hospital CFO has been fined $4.4 million for defrauding the federal government through the directing of staff to falsely attest to meaningful use under the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act.

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