SNFs, therapists to pay $9.7 million due to billing dispute
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Amy Novotney
Jul 17, 2019
Four skilled nursing facilities and a physical therapy center in the Chicago area have agreed to pay $9.7 million to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations. Quality Therapy & Consultation worked...
Second chance for losing whistleblower
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 07, 2019
A Tennessee provider must still face claims that it retaliated against a whistleblower, despite a judge throwing out the original claims.
PDPM rules will curb upcoding: expert
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James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2018
One of the unplanned byproducts of a proposed new payment system could be a better legal image and standing of therapy and rehab providers.
Vitas agrees to record-setting settlement
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 06, 2017
The nation’s largest for-profit hospice provider and its parent company will pay $75 million to settle allegations that it submitted false Medicare claims for hospice services, according to federal...
SCOTUS sides with provider, won’t take arbitration case
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May 06, 2017
In a win for providers, the United States Supreme Court declined in late March to review an arbitration dispute between an Extendicare facility and the family of a deceased resident.
A New York nursing home provider claims a fellow operator’s plans to purchase nursing homes and flip them into condominiums led to some residents’ premature deaths, according to a lawsuit filed...
Kindred wins whistleblower case: Docs not proven wrong
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Aug 06, 2016
A Kindred Healthcare subsidiary claimed victory in June in a False Claims Act case brought by a former employee.
PharMerica asks SCOTUS for relief in False Claims case
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James M. Berklan
Jun 06, 2016
PharMerica has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a 2015 decision that the long-term care pharmacy giant says opens the door to “copycat” lawsuits.
AHCA: Statistical sampling an improper ‘sledgehammer’
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James M. Berklan
May 04, 2016
The nation’s largest association for nursing home and other long-term care operators has publicly expressed its staunch disapproval of a federal prosecution method that takes only small slices of...
PharMerica, Kindred settle kickback suit
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James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2015
Federal regulators were combing through out-of-court agreements at press time to discern whether settlement terms reached by PharMerica Corp. and Kindred Healthcare would pass regulatory muster.