Although MJHS Hospice entered into a health care fraud settlement with the United States, MJHS Hospice refused to agree to compliance-related oversight with HHS-OIG through a CIA. Therefore, as part of the Settlement Agreement, OIG reserved the right to exclude MJHS Hospice for the alleged conduct. Because MJHS Hospice refused appropriate integrity obligations, OIG may use various tools to monitor MJHS Hospice’s compliance with the Federal health care programs
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New York Hospice Provider Settles Civil Healthcare Fraud Allegations: Metropolitan Jewish Health System Hospice to Pay $5.2 Million
Published by the United States Department of Justice | View article on www.justice.gov
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Hospice and Palliative Care ("MJHS Hospice"), a New York nonprofit hospice provider, has agreed to pay the United States $4,850,000 to resolve civil allegations that it billed Medicare and Medicaid for services rendered to hospice patients at heightened levels of care for which the patients did not qualify, in violation of the False Claims Act, and has agreed to pay the State of New York $375,000.