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5 Rural HHAs To Pay Millions After Therapy Stats Triggered Scrutiny

Published on Thu Oct 24, 2019

Don’t ignore warnings that your billing statistics are sticking out like a sore thumb. Five rural home health agencies in Iowa and South Dakota will pay $3.1 million after being accused of furnishing therapy services that were medically unnecessary and/or not skilled, the Department of Justice says in a release. A federal judge has ordered Sergeant Bluff Healthcare in Iowa [...]
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