Nursing Home Chains Pay 14M to Settle Kickback Probe

Posted by BSadmin - 02/03/10 at 04:03 pm

Federal prosecutors filed a whistleblower suit last year against an Atlanta-based nursing home chain and its subsidiary, alleging they accepted 50M from pharmacy giant Omnicare in return for an agreement to use Omnicare’s services for the next 15 years. The kickback was disguised as a payment to acquire a small business owned by the chain and worth much less than 50M. The settlement paid by the nursing home chains will go to the federal government and several state Medicaid programs. As the Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson stated, kickbacks are “insidious” because they “distort medical decision making.”

If you or someone you know has been harmed by neglect or abuse in a nursing home or care facility, contact Benjamin Gideon at bgideon@bermansimmons.com

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