Homestead Hospice has reached a $1.93 million settlement agreement for the company’s alleged involvement in False Claims Act violations.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. recently released the settlement agreement in a lawsuit brought under qui tam provisions more than a decade ago. These “whistleblower” cases involve alleged violations of the anti-kickback statute and the False Claims Act.
The qui tam lawsuit was filed in 2015 and was extended for nearly a decade before moving forward in a Georgia federal court in 2025. Plaintiffs in the case initially requested a settlement of $1.82 million fees and $13,000 in expenses.
The settlement included the defendants as Homestead Hospice and its affiliates of Creative Hospice Care Inc., Traditions Health LLC, Eshag LLC, the Abdsharafat Family Trust LLC and individuals such as Masoud Pirouz and Nasrin Hashemi.
The settlement agreement included a subset of claims, including a case involving Creative Hospice. The company was found in violation of the anti-kickback statute for submission of false Medicare and Georgia Medicaid claims filed between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2015. Creative Hospice was ordered to pay $9.2 million in restitution after its medical directors allegedly received monthly stipends and signing bonuses in exchange for referrals.
The investigation of Creative Hospice entities launched when a former employee responsible for their marketing filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the kickbacks. Two additional...
Homestead Hospice has reached a $1.93 million settlement agreement for the company’s alleged involvement in False Claims Act violations. U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. recently released the...