(AP) – A Missouri-based nursing home operator has agreed to pay $8.3
million to settle claims that it and its affiliates provided unnecessary therapy
to residents and billed Medicare.
million to settle claims that it and its affiliates provided unnecessary therapy
to residents and billed Medicare.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the deal announced Wednesday
resolves claims involving questioned therapy by Reliant Care Group of the St.
Louis suburb of Maryland Heights from January 2008 to April 2014.
As part of the settlement with the federal government, Reliant denied
submitting false claims.
The company says it cooperated in the investigation and that it “is very
satisfied with the result.”
Reliant must pay $2.8 million within five days and the rest, with interest,
within three years.
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