Article: Led astray? Charges against local Bon Secours CFO raise questions.(The Week In Healthcare)(David Zilli for financial mischief )

Byline: MARK TAYLOR

Criminal charges filed Nov. 2 against a former chief financial officer at a Michigan Catholic health system shed light on potential financial mischief by hospital CFOs when they are given financial incentives to boost earnings.

But a spokesman for a trade group said internal safeguards and compliance programs make incidents of overstating earnings in healthcare rare.

The U.S. attorney in Baltimore charged David Zilli with one count of wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to fabricate earnings and assets at two-hospital Bon Secours Cottage Health Services, Grosse Pointe, Mich.

Zilli, 48, the former vice ...

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