According to the settlement agreement and a complaint filed against the company in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Signature HomeNow knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare between 2013 and 2017.
The fraudulent claims were allegedly for home healthcare services for Medicare beneficiaries who did not require such services. The beneficiaries were either not homebound, did not require skilled care, did not have valid or appropriate care plans, or did not have the necessary in-person visits to be appropriately certified to receive the home healthcare services.
The courts became aware of the fraudulent activity from a complaint submitted to the HHS Office of Inspect General (OIG) complaint hotline. In addition, they received a complaint for monetary damages under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act.
“When healthcare companies try to boost their profits by fraudulently billing federal healthcare programs, our agency will work closely with our law enforcement partners to hold them accountable for their schemes,” Tamala Miles, Special Agent in Charge of the HHS-OIG Atlanta Regional Office, said in the press release.
Signature HomeNow’s corporate headquarters are in Louisville, Kentucky, but the company operates home healthcare services in Florida.
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