October 29, 2019

Encompass Health Corporation (EHC), f/k/a HealthSouth Corporation, has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve of improperly billing Medicare.  According to the DOJ, between 2008 and 2012, an inpatient rehabilitation facility owned by EHC had improperly assigned low Functional Independence Measure scores on Patient Assessment Instrument forms in a bid to receive higher reimbursements from Medicare.  USAO NV

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