Home health and hospice agency Intrepid USA agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle allegations, first brought by four whistleblowers, that its facilities billed Medicare for services patients were not qualified to receive, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Texas-based Intrepid billed Medicare for services patients didn’t qualify for, or for whom it wasn’t clear whether they qualified due to a lack of certified eligibility, the DOJ said in a press release Tuesday. The DOJ acted on behalf of the Office of Inspector General’s Department of Health and Human Services.
