Lapsing state waivers creating telehealth hurdles … California nursing home to pay $2.3 million for false claims and substandard resident care … Financial stress causing myriad challenges to healthcare...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, January 9
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 08, 2020
Teva to pay $54 million to settle False Claims Act lawsuit involving Parkinson’s drug … Non-antibiotic wound gel treats and prevents infections … Company licenses voice biomarkers for Alzheimer’s...
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 18
Oct 17, 2019
NY City defeats False Claims lawsuit that alleged it plotted to get $14 billion Medicaid overpayment … Insurer finds costs for skilled nursing, assisted living stabilized over the last year … Study...
Judge denies motion to dismiss HCR ManorCare false claims suit
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Sep 29, 2015
A government complaint alleging HCR ManorCare overbilled Medicare for rehabilitation services is a viable cause of action under the False Claims Act, a judge has ruled.
Approved: Consulate Health Care to pay just $4.5 million of $258 million judgment in inherited upcoding...
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2021
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has approved a settlement between Florida-based nursing home chain Consulate Health Care and the Department of Justice that reduced a $258 million judgment against the...
Judge denies Omnicare’s ‘untimely’ motion to disqualify whistleblower in nursing home...
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 19, 2013
Omnicare has failed to disqualify a whistleblower who alleges the long-term care pharmacy paid kickbacks to nursing homes, ruled a district court judge.
Nursing home optometrist gets 33-month sentence for overbilling
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Tim Mullaney
Jan 13, 2014
An optometrist who served Georgia nursing homes faces a 33-month prison sentence for defrauding Medicare.
Clinical judgments not valid for False Claims cases, providers say, as whistleblower files appeal to...
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 27, 2018
A California whistleblower’s contention that doctors’ medical decisions should be subject to False Claims Act could have new life, if an appeals court agrees to hear the case.
SNFs pay $3.8 million to settle false claims and overmedication charges
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John Hall
May 26, 2015
The owners of two California nursing homes have agreed to pay $3.8 million to the federal government.
Rehab firm will pay $2M to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving 11 nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 26, 2021
A California-based therapy company has agreed to pay $2 million to quash allegations that it overbilled for rehab services provided at 11 skilled nursing facilities.