Home Health & Hospice Week

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Whistleblower Lawsuit Costs Louisiana Home Health Agency

Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Charter Home Health has agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle whistle blower lawsuit charges that it, through its officers Wandell Rogers and Allison Williams, paid kickbacks for patient referrals from 2006 to 2012, the Department of Justice says in a release. Charter will also enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement. “Home health care providers who pay [...]
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