Home Health & Hospice Week
Whistleblower Suit Settlement Dogs Hospice
The hospice that settled a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a competitor is back in court — this time defending against former business associates.
Background: In a-2004 qui tam-filing, Lit-tle Rock-based Arkansas Hospice alleged that Hos-pice Home Care Inc. billed for-patients who re-sided in nursing homes at the general inpatient (GIP) level when they really only qualified-for — and HHC only furnished — routine hospice-care. HHC used the GIP billing to tell patients-and referral sources that the patients wouldn’t have-to pay for their nursing home costs, because room-and board would be covered under the GIP payment. The government intervened in the case in 2009 and HHC settled for $2.7 million.
Now two business partners, Wellspring Hospice Solutions of Texarkana, Texas and NEA Hospice of Garland County, have filed suit against HHC, reports the Arkansas Business newspaper. Wellspring says it did work for the hospice that it didn’t pay for, and that HHC backed out of a stock purchase agreement. NEA says HHC reneged on the purchase of one of its locations after receiving money from NEA.
Cecilia Troppoli and her sister, Dr. The-resa Travis, started HHC in 1992. Wellspring, which claims its management brought HHC back from the brink of bankruptcy after the OIG settlement, filed suit because HHC is in negotiations for an $18 million sale, the company claims.
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Whistleblower Suit Settlement Dogs Hospice
The hospice that settled a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a competitor is back in court [...]
