Industry Note:
State DOH Settles Fraud Allegations For $13.4M
Published on Fri Dec 13, 2019
State governments and hospice fraud settlements don’t usually go hand-in-hand, but a recent case is proving the exception. The Louisiana Department of Health has agreed to pay $13.4 million “to resolve allegations that it submitted false and inflated Medicaid claims for long-term nursing home and hospice care,” the Department of Justice says in a release. Louisiana padded its federal share [...]