Sunday, July 5, 2020

OIG Puts the Pressure On as Hospice Fraud Cases Pile Up

OIG Puts the Pressure On as Hospice Fraud Cases Pile Up

In March 2018, Health and Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast and two of its businesses paid $2.5 million to settle a False Claims Act (FCA) case related to hospice billing.
A month later, Horizons Hospice agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to resolve allegations that the company fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid for services to patients who did not have a life expectancy prognosis of six months of less.

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