Providers ask court to clarify whistleblower status
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Haymarket Media
Oct 31, 2006
The American Health Care Association and three other healthcare organizations want the Supreme Court to apply strict standards in determining who is an “original source” in whistleblower lawsuits,...
Private equity in the crosshairs
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Jonathan H. Ferry
Aug 20, 2021
Private equity investors in nursing homes should brace and prepare for an active near-term enforcement environment. Congressional skepticism of private equity involvement in healthcare, developments in...
Nursing home agrees to program development, fines in poor care settlement
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Haymarket Media
Feb 26, 2007
A Philadelphia-area nursing home has agreed to develop and implement a three-year corporate compliance program to settle the government’s claims that it provided inadequate care to residents, the...
NV hospice, Skilled Healthcare face government false claims lawsuit over alleged overbilling
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Tim Mullaney
Dec 01, 2014
Skilled Healthcare Group and a Nevada hospice that it operates have been charged with submitting “tens of millions of dollars” in false Medicare and Medicaid claims, the U.S. Department of...
TeamHealth acquires IPC Healthcare for $1.6 billion
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Aug 05, 2015
Physician staffing company TeamHealth will acquire post-acute care group IPC Healthcare Inc. for $1.6 billion, the companies announced Tuesday.
Agency ordered to pay $13.4M for submitting false Medicaid claims for nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Nov 14, 2019
The Louisiana Department of Health will spend more than $13 million to settle allegations that it used nursing homes and hospice care to submit false and inflated Medicaid claims.
EHR vendor to pay $155 million in first-of-its-kind False Claims Act case
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Jun 01, 2017
Electronic health records vendor eClinicalWorks will pay $155 million to settle claims that it misrepresented its software and gave kickbacks to customers, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Scooter company alleges it is “target” of CMS
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Haymarket Media
May 12, 2005
An attorney for a motorized wheelchair company has sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Administrator Mark B. McClellan, accusing the government of “targeting” the company as a...
DOJ pushing criminal suits
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Danielle Brown
Nov 07, 2019
Providers are pushing back against an effort by the Department of Justice that would allow criminal charges to be brought against nursing home providers and staff members accused of abuse and fraud in...
After record penalties, providers can protect themselves from the DOJ with 3 priorities, experts say
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Joe Bush
Nov 28, 2022
The Department of Justice is on pace to hand out a record $5.6 billion-plus in total fines and penalties under the False Claims Act this year, a clear indicator that the agency has removed the kid gloves...