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4 Nebraska hospitals settle over heart device misuse

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha hospital has been included in a settlement with more than 450 hospitals over inappropriate use of a heart device.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that Creighton University Medical Center was named in the settlement, which totals more than $250 million.

Other Nebraska hospitals included in the lawsuit are Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska Heart Institute & Heart Hospital and St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, both in Lincoln.

The four hospitals currently are owned by CHI Health, but Tenet Healthcare owned Creighton University Medical Center during the period in question.

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that from 2003 to 2010 each of 457 hospitals in 43 states implanted the devices during periods in the patients' care that are prohibited by federal regulations.

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