February 8, 2018
Posted April 30, 2018
Privately owned for-profit hospice company Horizons Hospice, LLC and its owner agreed to pay roughly $1.2 million to settle claims they violated the False Claims Act for billing Medicare and Medicaid for hospice services for patients who were ineligible for hospice. The allegations originated in two whistleblower lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ (WDPA)
Tagged in: FCA Federal, Home Health and Hospice, Lack of Medical Necessity, Multiple Whistleblowers and First-to-File, Whistleblower Case,