HHA Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Claims of Failure to Collect Doctor Approvals
An Indiana home health care agency (HHA) and its parent company agreed to pay almost $2 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by failing to obtain certain required physician approvals before submitting bills to Medicare, the Department of Justice announced Oct. 20.
The statement said that certain required physician signatures were not timely collected before final claims were submitted to Medicare, the DOJ release said.
In addition, certain documentation supporting the Outcome & Assessment Information set data for the claims did not exist, according to the settlement agreement.
