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Whistleblower Sparks $6.5M Fraud Settlement

Published on Fri Jun 12, 2015

A Tennessee home care organization and its owner have agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle charges that it submitted false claims to Medicare, TennCare and TriCare, according to the Department of Justice. The group of home health care companies collectively known as “Friendship” and owner Theophilus Egbujor also agreed to a Corporate Integrity Agreement. The allegations resolved by the [...]
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