Skilled Nursing Facilities Agreed to Pay $52,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing Excluded Individuals

After they self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Country Hills Post Acute, Lakeport Post Acute, Oakwood Gardens Care Center, Primrose Post Acute, and St. Francis Healthcare Center (collectively, “the facilities”), with locations in California, entered into a $52,943 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that the facilities employed individuals that they knew or should have known were excluded from participation in Federal health care programs.