Posts Tagged ‘Medicare overpayment’
Medicare Audit Targets HHA Overpayments
Gem City Home Care, LLC became the most recent HHA to be ordered to pay back millions in overpayments following an audit by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. According to CMS, the Ohio-based agency failed to comply with billing requirements for 25 of 100 home health claims in fiscal years 2016 and 2017.…
Read MoreFailure to Abide by Corporate Integrity Agreement Can Trigger Additional Woes
On June 1, the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) voted to uphold an order issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) against a group of Tennessee-based home health companies to pay $1,322,500 in stipulated penalties for breaches of their Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA). OIG negotiates Corporate Integrity Agreements…
Read MoreFailure to Repay Can Result in FCA Case
There’s nothing wrong with holding on to money for as long as you can before giving it back, is there? Well, if you’re a medical practice and you delay repaying overpayments owed to the government, then it can get you in some hot water. That’s what happened to First Coast Cardiovascular Institute, P.A., a Jacksonville,…
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