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July 17, 2017

Posted  July 17, 2017

Former Olympia Therapy Inc. employee Vladimir Trakhter and former Tridia Hospice Care Inc. employees Paula Bourne and La’Tasha Goodwin will collectively receive a whistleblower award of more than $3.6 million from the roughly $19.5 million Olympia, Tridia and Foundations Health Solutions Inc. agreed to pay to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting to Medicare claims for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services and for hospice services to patients not eligible for the Medicare benefit, and by soliciting and receiving kickbacks to refer patients from their skilled nursing facilities to home health care provider Amber Home Care LLC.

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