Home Health & Hospice Week
California Provider Faces 20-Year Exclusion
A California home health agency and owner have agreed to a 20-year exclusion from Medicare after employing an excluded individual — but that wasn’t the only problem. Independence Home Healthcare Inc. (IHH) and Jose Vincente Perez have entered into a settlement agreement with the HHS Office of Inspector General in which they agreed to pay $377,773.70 and be excluded from participation in all Federal health care programs for 20 years, the OIG reports on its Civil Money Penalties webpage. “The settlement agreement resolves allegations that IHH and Perez employed an office manager who was excluded from participating in any Federal health care program,” the OIG recounts. “OIG further alleged that IHH and Perez paid remuneration to individuals in the form of checks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute,” the watchdog agency adds.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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California Provider Faces 20-Year Exclusion
A California home health agency and owner have agreed to a 20-year exclusion from Medicare [...]
