MI home health services provider will pay $9.5 million to settle false claims suit
Compliance Monitor, January 6, 2010
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Visiting Physicians Association, a Michigan-based home health services provider, agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle allegations that the association submitted false claims to Medicare, TRICARE, and the Michigan Medicaid program, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.
According to the DOJ, Visiting Physicians Association submitted claims for:
- Unnecessary home visits and care plan oversight services
- Unnecessary tests and procedures
- More complex evaluation and management services than it actually provided
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