George Washington University Hospital's parent company under federal investigation

Universal Health Services Inc. — the parent company of George Washington University Hospital — is undergoing a federal probe into billing practices at several of its facilities, none local, the company said in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In the regulatory filing, the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) disclosed that an Office of Inspector General investigation into the business activities of a handful of its behavioral health…