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Virginia Hospice Agrees To $3.1M Settlement

Published on Fri Sep 13, 2019

Hospice and palliative care provider Capital Caring in Falls Church, Virginia, has agreed to settle overbilling charges for $3.1 million, the Department of Justice says in a release. Overpayments resulted from billing for ineligible patients or for patients whom the hospice’s documentation did not support, according to the release. “Capital Caring cooperated fully with the review of certain hospice records [...]
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