HOME HEALTH COMPANY TO PAY MILLIONS IN HOSPICE SCAM

A former employee, and nurse, of Elara Caring in Dallas discovered that around twenty patients in the New Braunfels office did not have the necessary statement to be admitted to hospice care. The nurse blew the whistle and claimed that Elara provided hospice care to ineligible patients, and billed Medicare for hospice services to receive higher reimbursement rates.

The Federal complaint also alleges this location failed to discharge patients if they no longer required hospice care.

“A 2019 internal audit at Elara found that more than a dozen patients were improperly given hospice care, but court documents say Elara never reported the issue to Medicare. The Department of Justice release indicates that the problems were not limited to the New Braunfels location. The DOJ says the $4.2 million settlement resolves allegations connected to Elara’s Texarkana, Texas, location and two other patients throughout the state.”

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