Home Health Agency Settles Allegations Relating to Excluded Provider

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A Connecticut home healthcare company and its owner have agreed to pay a little more than $28,000 to settle allegations that they improperly employed a physical therapist who had been excluded from all federal healthcare programs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has the authority to exclude individuals…

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Report: HHS OIG fraud recoveries on the rise

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General recently released its semi-annual Report to Congress outlining its anti-fraud activities. The report highlights OIG’s accomplishments for the six-month period ending March 31, 2016. The agency noted that during that period it reported expected recoveries of more than $2.77 billion consisting of nearly…

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