WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Providence Park, Inc., doing business as Ascension Living Providence Village, and Ascension Providence, formerly known as Providence Health Services of Waco, have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $6,526,851.64 to resolve allegations under the Federal False Claims Act and the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act.
The United States alleged that Providence Park, which owns and operates a skilled nursing facility in Waco, submitted medically unnecessary Ultra-High Resource Utilization Group therapy claims to federal healthcare programs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District.
Additionally, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said the United States alleged that Ascension Providence, which owns and operates an acute care hospital in Waco, submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs for outpatient therapy services at the Lacy Lakeview Clinic when group therapy was being provided, and for therapy services at Woodway, Providence Sports & Physical Therapy and Lacy Lakeview when there was no plan of care signed by a physician.
Providence Park and Ascension Providence got cooperation credit under the terms of the settlement in accordance with the Department of Justice’s Guidelines for Taking Voluntary Disclosure, Cooperation and Remediation into Account in False Claims Act Matters.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said both Providence Park and Ascension Providence cooperated with the Unite States’ investigation...
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