Security News in Brief: Home health agency to pay $4.2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations

Source: United States Department of Justice News

PruittHealth, Inc. and affiliated entities (“Pruitt”) have agreed to pay $4.2 million to resolve allegations that they submitted claims for home health services that were not covered by the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and that they failed to refund overpayments that they had received from Medicare and Medicaid in a timely manner.