AGREEMENT PRESS RELEASE
27 Skilled Nursing Facilities Controlled by Longwood Management Corp. to Pay $16.7 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflated Medicare Bills
Published by the United States Department of Justice | View article on www.justice.gov
LOS ANGELES - Longwood Management Corporation and 27 affiliated skilled nursing facilities (Longwood) have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable or necessary, the Department of Justice announced today. Longwood is headquartered in Los Angeles, and the 27 skilled nursing facilities are located in Southern California.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Longwood Management Corp. and Intercommunity Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Agreed to Pay $121,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing an Excluded Individual
Penalty Amount: $121,783
Filed under: CIA Reportable Events
After it disclosed conduct to OIG pursuant to its CIA, Longwood Management Corp., and a facility it manages, Intercommunity Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (Intercommunity), entered into a $121,783.31 settlement agreement with OIG. OIG alleged that Intercommunity employed an individual that it knew or should have known was excluded from participation in the California Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) and that no Medi-Cal payments could be made for items or services the individual furnished.
Longwood Management Corp. and Longwood Manor Convalescent Hospital Agreed to Pay $38,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing an Excluded Individual
Penalty Amount: $38,000
Filed under: CIA Reportable Events
After it disclosed conduct to OIG pursuant to its CIA, Longwood Management Corp., and a facility it manages, Longwood Manor Convalescent Hospital (Longwood Manor), entered into a $38,384.96 settlement agreement with OIG. OIG alleged that Longwood Manor employed an individual that it knew or should have known was excluded from participation in the California Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) and that no Medi-Cal payments could be made for items or services the individual furnished.
Longwood Management Corp. and Alden Terrace Convalescent Hospital Agreed to Pay $22,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing an Individual Excluded from California Medicaid
Penalty Amount: $22,769
Filed under: CIA Reportable Events
After it disclosed conduct to OIG pursuant to its CIA, Longwood Management Corp. (Longwood), and a facility it manages, Alden Terrace Convalescent Hospital (Alden Terrace), California, entered into a $22,769.34 settlement agreement with OIG. OIG alleged that Alden Terrace employed an individual that it knew or should have known was excluded from participation in the California Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) and that no Medi-Cal payments could be made for items or services the individual furnished.