November 5, 2019

A home health agency that allegedly defrauded Medicare and Louisiana’s Medicaid program has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle claims arising from a qui tam suit.  Defendants Health Care Options, Inc., Health Care Options of Lafayette, Inc., Home Care Options Houston, Inc., and Howard Austin, II allegedly submitted reimbursement claims involving non-face-to-face encounters, as required by program rules.  USAO MDLA

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