March 22, 2018
Four Maryland skilled nursing facilities and two consulting companies, Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, GNH, LLC, OPOP, LLC, Riverview SNF, LLC, Global Healthcare Services Group, LLC, and GHC Clinical Consultants, LLC, agreed to pay a total of $6 million to settle claims of violating the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for skilled therapy services that were either not delivered or not medically necessary. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive an award of $990,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (MD)
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