Memphis rehabilitation center to pay $500K for providing ‘worthless’ services
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 06, 2018
Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Memphis will pay $500,000 to federal authorities and Tennessee to resolve false claims allegations.
Largest US hospital chain to pay $98 million in observation stay case
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 06, 2014
The nation’s largest hospital organization has agreed to a $98 million settlement to resolve charges that it overbilled by admitting individuals as inpatients rather than keeping them under observation,...
Life Care Centers of America doubles-down on facility-based care, sells home health business for $10...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 18, 2014
Life Care Centers of America is shedding its related home health business in a $10 million sale to LHC Group Inc., the company announced.
Signature HealthCARE charged with $2 million in unapproved Medicaid billings
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
Long-term care provider Signature HealthCARE billed Medicaid about $2 million for unapproved costs, auditors with the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office charged Monday.
OIG to states: Give more protection to Medicaid whistleblowers
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 29, 2012
Tennessee needs to toughen up its Medicaid false claims law, the federal government says, and that might not be good for providers.
TN providers team up with insurers for bundled payment program for joint replacements
By
McKnight's Staff
May 24, 2012
In anticipation of payment reforms centering on coordinated care, health systems and a major Tennessee insurer are establishing a bundled payment system for joint replacements.