False Claims Act lawsuit filed against psychiatrist over Nudexta prescribing in nursing homes … A third of seniors develop at least one new condition after COVID-19 infection: study … Illinois budget...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 6
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2022
700 nursing home workers striking at 14 facilities, with threat for additional walkouts … DOJ to state nursing board: Allow nurses with opioid use disorder to take treatment meds while maintaining license...
Hospice provider must pay $6M to settle False Claims Act allegations
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 17, 2018
An Atlanta-based hospice provider will pay almost $6 million to settle allegations of providing care to patients who weren’t dying.
Unapproved marketing of pressure ulcer drug brings settlement worth up to $48 million
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 10, 2012
The unapproved bed sore drug Xenaderm, which was marketed to nursing homes as “Medicaid reimbursed,” is the source of a settlement that could reach $48 million for Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB...
Overpayment rule is based on bad assumptions, expert says
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James M. Berklan
May 01, 2012
Regulators have severely underestimated added costs that would result under a proposed rule requiring the prompt return of self-detected reimbursement overpayments, according to at least one expert.
Department of Justice weighs down Diversicare
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 05, 2018
Hampered by an ongoing investigation, Diversicare Healthcare Services recorded a $7.4 million net loss in the third quarter of this year.
Omnicare settles kickback, FCA cases for $31 million
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Jul 06, 2017
Long-term care pharmacy giant Omnicare agreed to pay a total of $31 million in May to settle allegations it submitted false claims and accepted kickbacks to promote certain drugs.
Nursing homes face federal False Claims Act charges for allegedly overmedicating residents with antipsychotics,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 04, 2014
Two California nursing homes routinely overmedicated residents with antipsychotics and other drugs “for the convenience of management,” according to federal charges announced Wednesday by the...
Feds name Life Care Centers CEO in False Claims Act suit
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Aug 17, 2015
Life Care Centers founder and CEO Forrest Preston has been named by federal prosecutors in an amended False Claims Act lawsuit against the company, claiming he benefitted from alleged Medicare overbilling.
Supreme Court to decide whether Omnicare made illegal false statements to investors about nursing home...
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 06, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case alleging that the nation’s largest long-term care pharmacy, Omnicare, broke the law by keeping potential investors in the dark about kickbacks to nursing homes,...