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By Adrianne Appel2024-07-18T20:20:00
A multi-state hospice home health provider agreed to pay $19.4 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks and knowingly billed federal health programs to treat non-terminally ill patients.
Kindred at Home, now Gentiva, allegedly filed false claims to Medicare and/or Medicaid at its operations in Alabama, Indiana, Ohio, Rhode Island, Missouri, and Texas, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and state of Tennessee alleged in a settlement agreement, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The federal government will receive more than $18.9 million, Tennessee $448,000 and Ohio more than $23,000.
The case resolves claims brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by nine former Kindred employees, who will receive an undetermined amount, the DOJ said in a press release Wednesday.
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2024-07-17T20:37:00Z By Jeff Dale
California-based cancer testing company Guardant Health agreed to pay more than $945,000 to settle allegations levied by the Department of Justice of violating the False Claims Act and Stark Law.
2024-07-02T14:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A home health company operating in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations it filed false claims by giving sports tickets and other kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals.
2024-07-01T21:14:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A Minnesota dermatology practice, its owner, and chief executive agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle allegations, first brought by two whistleblowers, that the company violated the Anti-Kickback Statue by making false claims to Medicare.
2024-07-19T18:32:00Z By Adrianne Appel
DaVita, a multi-state dialysis provider, agreed to pay more than $34 million to resolve allegations it engaged in numerous kickback schemes to doctors who referred Medicare patients to its dialysis centers, the Department of Justice announced.
2024-07-17T15:39:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
FTX Trading and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have agreed on a $4 billion settlement in bankruptcy court to settle the CFTC’s lawsuit against the failed crypto trading platform.
2024-07-16T17:25:00Z By Jeff Dale
The data protection authority of Lithuania levied a fine of 2.4 million euros (U.S. $2.6 million) against Vinted UAB, an online clothing trading and exchange platform, for alleged violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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