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Ties between nursing homes, home health raise kickback concerns
Partnerships between assisted living facilities and home health companies are a natural fit based on their respective roles within the post-acute care environment, but those partnerships can also lead anti-kickback violations, intentional or otherwise.
Home health owners found guilty for largest fraud scheme in DC's history
Husband and wife owners of a home care agency in Washington D.C. were convicted for their role in the largest fraud scheme recorded in the nation's capital.
Second Miami physician charged in $20 million scheme
A Miami physician was indicted for his role in a $20 million fraud scheme in which he is accused of writing prescriptions for unnecessary services after taking kickbacks from home health agencies in the area, according to the Department of Justice.
Seven indicted for home health fraud scheme in Chicago
Two owners of a home health company in Chicago, along with four nurses and a marketer, were indicted for paying kickbacks for patient referrals and altering patient records in order to carry out a $6 million Medicare fraud scam.
Florida post-acute care providers settle for tens of millions
Post-acute care providers in Florida are feeling the heat of fraud and false claims enforcement and paying the price in the form of multi-million dollar settlements.
The weird world of healthcare fraud
It's not easy being a healthcare fraudster these days. With the government putting more resources towards uncovering and prosecuting criminals, it takes a special kind of ingenuity to come up with fraud scams that will slip by the watchful eyes of investigators. The result is sometimes impressive, often downright intriguing.
Twenty arrested in New Orleans with ties to $30 million home health fraud scheme
State investigators busted a 20-person fraud ring tied to a home health scam that took more than $30 million from Medicare, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Louisiana. But prosecutors are getting an earful from the owner and operator of the home health company, who contends the feds acted with racial bias when they seized more than $1 million in property.
Rampant home health fraud in Ohio prompts action from legislators
An in-depth investigation published in December by The Columbus Dispatch exposed a home health industry in Ohio that is rapidly expanding, often at the expense of taxpayer dollars. But now lawmakers are taking a hardened look at how to better regulate the industry and root out instances of fraud and abuse.
Trouble in Stillwater: A Minnesota mayor lends a helping hand to fraud scheme
It hasn't been a great year for ex-Stillwater, Minnesota mayor Ken Harycki, and it doesn't look like 2015 is getting much better. Harycki was brought into a Minneapolis U.S. District Court...
Home health programs have the best intentions but are often plagued with fraud
Home health fraud cases continue to make headlines. Now state-based programs that make home health more accessible are getting backlash for poor care and potential fraud. The home health industry faces the difficult conundrum of providing more flexability while also protecting programs from abuse.
