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Home Health Agency Settles Kickback/Stark Allegations

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 20 that Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc. agreed to pay $3,856,000 to resolve allegations that the agency paid illegal kickbacks to physicians for referring patients. The...more

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VNSNY Agrees to $57 Million Settlement

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The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) has agreed to pay $57 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged it billed the Medicare and Medicaid programs for hundreds of millions of dollars in home care visits...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Home Health Care Employees Plead Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Medicaid Fraud Scheme

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Home Health Care Employees Plead Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Medicaid Fraud Scheme - Two individuals pled guilty in Pennsylvania federal court to conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and commit...more

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[Webinar] 2019 Q2 Health Care Enforcement Roundup Webinar - August 12th, 1:00pm ET

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Frequent regulatory and policy changes, increasing government scrutiny and private whistleblower activity pose greater risks to health care organizations more than ever before. McDermott’s Q2 Health Care Enforcement Roundup...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Untimely Physician Certifications for Medicare Home Care Claims—Arguably a Technicality—Vulnerable to False Claims Act...

On June 11, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit sustained a complaint against a home health care agency alleging that the agency had violated the False Claims Act (the “FCA”) by submitting numerous...more

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