Industry Note:
University Health System Settles Home Care Fraud Charges
Published on Fri May 13, 2016
DOJ outlines atypical settlement. Whistleblower lawsuits aren’t threats to only freestanding, for-profit home health agencies. So suggests a recently announced fraud settlement with the University of Pennsylvania. Penn, on behalf of University of Pennsylvania Health System, will pay the relatively modest sum of $75,787 to resolve allegations that Penn Care at Home violated the False Claims Act by submitting Medicare [...]