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Double charges to Medicare Costs HealthSouth $4 Million

Conducting resulting in double charges to Medicare from 1994-2004 for the same prosthetic devices is costing HealthSouth (a nationwide rehabilitation company) millions of dollars. The allegations in this Federal False Claims Act case brought in Memphis, Tennessee, also included a scheme whereby HealthSouth would get braces and artificial limbs at no charge and then turn around and bill Medicare for the same devices.

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Posted By Kenneth Nolan
Category Legal, False Claims Act, Medicare Posted November 7th, 2006
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