Medicaid overbilling allegations were ‘inaccurate’ and ‘misleading,’ Signature...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 09, 2014
Authorities have asserted that Signature HealthCARE billed Medicaid for $2 million in unapproved costs, but this was an oversimplification that presented the company in an unfair light, the large long-term...
Nursing home hospice provider kept patients in hospice for years, overbilled for their care, prosecutors...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 28, 2014
An Illinois-based hospice provider overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by inappropriately designating nursing home residents as hospice patients, sometimes for years, according to federal charges announced...
Rehab firm’s overbilling will cost provider $1 million-plus
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2014
The fallout from a recent spike in rehabilitation charges to government payers continued to make headlines in September. This time, a nursing home company was blamed for insufficient oversight of its contract...
Extendicare agrees to historic $38 million settlement related to unnecessary therapy, worthless services...
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 14, 2014
Extendicare Health Services Inc. and its subsidiary therapy company have agreed to pay $38 million to settle therapy overbilling and quality of care whistleblower charges, federal and state authorities...
Court: Provider must face federal upcoding charges
By
John Hall
Feb 24, 2015
A federal judge has ruled that a hospitalist company with thousands of post-acute care customers must face federal charges that it overbilled the Medicare and Medicaid programs millions of dollars.
Playing fast and loose with Medicaid termination
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 04, 2015
There are many benefits to communicating to your cohorts in neighboring states, and not the least of it may be knowing when a provider is kicked out of Medicaid.
White House calls for ‘aggressive’ plan against billing errors
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Sep 04, 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services needs to adopt a “more aggressive strategy” against Medicare and Medicaid overbilling, the director of the Office of Management and Budget wrote...
Sampling can convict: judge
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2014
In an unprecedented ruling, a federal judge has declared that officials may use just a statistical sampling of Medicare claims to help prove nursing home company overbilling charges.
Kindred fined record $3 million
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 05, 2016
Kindred Healthcare has been hit with a $3 million-plus penalty for failing to adhere to a federal corporate compliance program.
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.