Home Health & Hospice Week
5 Rural HHAs To Pay Millions After Therapy Stats Triggered Scrutiny
Don鈥檛 ignore warnings that your billing statistics are sticking out like a sore thumb. Five rural home health agencies in Iowa and South Dakota will pay $3.1 million after being accused of furnishing therapy services that were medically unnecessary and/or not skilled, the Department of Justice says in a release. A federal judge has ordered Sergeant Bluff Healthcare in Iowa to pay about $1.2 million; Red Oak Healthcare in Iowa to pay $228,000; Logan Healthcare in Iowa to pay $775,000; Elk Point Healthcare #1 in South Dakota to pay $788,000; and Flandreau Healthcare 2 in South Dakota to pay $116,000. The agencies are all affiliates of Welcov Healthcare, which is in bankruptcy proceedings in Minnesota court. Disregarded: 鈥淭he companies received notifications that their claims for therapy services were inordinately high,鈥� the DOJ says. 鈥淭he companies failed to take adequate steps to address their billing procedures after receiving the notifications.鈥� The case involved therapy services furnished by third-party providers, reports the Sioux City Journal. Lantis Enterprises now manages two of the Iowa locations under the 鈥淲EL-Home鈥� name, the newspaper says.
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