Whistleblower awarded $8.1 million from HealthSouth settlement
Compliance Monitor, February 9, 2005
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Compliance Monitor!
An 83-year-old Reading, PA, man was awarded $8.1 million of a $325 million settlement from HealthSouth after suing the rehab provider under the federal False Claims Act (FCA), alleging the company was bilking the Medicare program, the Associated Press (AP) reported February 8.
James DeVage noticed in 1996 that HealthSouth continued to bill Medicare for treatments he was no longer receiving for a bad back, the AP reported. He said he tried to alert Medicare at the time, but they did not act on his complaint. It wasn't until DeVage and attorney Glenn D. Grossenbacher filed a suit under the FCA that Justice Department came onboard. HealthSouth reached a settlement with the government in January, the AP reported.
HealthSouth has been in the press a good deal lately as former chief executive officer Richard Scrushy is on trial for fraud and 18 former company executives have been indicted on related charges, USA Today reported February 4.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Compliance Monitor!
Related Products
-
Strategies for Health Care Compliance
News and real-life examples to increase the effectiveness of your compliance program. Strategies for Health Care Compliance...
-
Compliance Monitor
This HTML e-mail newsletter delivers news on Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, as well as recent documents and targets...
-
Medicare Weekly Update
Each issue of Medicare Weekly Update includes the latest CMS proposed and final rules, CMS manual revisions, and...
-
Medicare Update for Physician Services
Medicare Update for Physician Services is a free, monthly e-zine that delivers news and information to help physician...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Q/A. One injection code or two?
- Cohesive History and Physical Requirements
- Searched