Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Whistleblower Charges Focus On Face-To-Face

A $2.5 million settlement of whistle­blower charges centers on face-to-face physician encounters for home health payments. Louisiana-based home health companies Health Care Options Inc. and Health Care Options of Lafayette Inc.; Texas-based Home Care Options Houston Inc.; and Howard D. Austin have agreed to pay to settle charges that they “defrauded the Medicare and Louisiana Medicaid programs by submitting false [...]
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