BOSTON (AP) - A Rhode Island nursing home operator and its chief operating officer have agreed to pay $2.2 million to resolve allegations concerning inflated Medicare claims.
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced the agreement on Wednesday. It resolves allegations concerning rehabilitation therapy provided by Fall River, Massachusetts-based Therapy Resources Management at facilities in Rhode Island operated by Health Concepts, Ltd.
Prosecutors say that Health Concepts and its COO, John Gage, failed to take sufficient steps to prevent Therapy Resources Management from fraudulently inflating the reported amounts of therapy provided to certain Medicare patients in Health Concepts facilities. Prosecutors say the facilities submitted bills for therapy that did not occur as reported.
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