West Virginia hospital settles whistleblower suit for $50M

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A financially strapped hospital in West Virginia has agreed to pay the federal government $50 million to resolve claims in a whistleblower lawsuit. The Justice Department announced the settlement Wednesday with Wheeling Hospital. The suit alleged the hospital improperly issued payments and kickbacks to physicians under the direction of management. The whistleblower complaint was filed in 2017 by Louis Longo, a former hospital executive vice president. Longo was all