Industry Note:
Major Hospice Chain Settles Kickback Allegations
Published on Fri Dec 09, 2016
VITAS denies wrongdoing in whistleblower suit. When one of your referral sources gets locked up for 45 years for Medicare fraud, you may be in trouble too. That was the case with 15-state chain VITAS Healthcare, which is owned by publicly traded Chemed Corp. Vitas Health Corp. Midwest and related entities have agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that [...]