Home Health & Hospice Week
Massachusetts Agency, Owners Settle Fraud Charges For $3.1 Million
A Massachusetts home care company and its owners will pay $3.1 million to resolve allegations that they falsely billed the state’s Medicaid Program for home health services not authorized by a physician, says state Attorney General Maura Healey in a release. Altranais Home Care of Lowell and owners Constant Ogutt and Shakira Lubega will pay the settlement and the agency will operate under a multi-year independent compliance program implemented by an independent compliance monitor, Healey says. “This settlement is part of a larger effort by AG Healey and MassHealth to combat fraud in the home health industry,” says the release, which notes multiple home health fraud settlements and convictions in the last few years.
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