Mealey's (February 20, 2020, 9:47 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Feb. 19 that Guardian Elder Care Holdings Inc. and four of its related entities agreed to pay $15.4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) when billing Medicare and another federal health benefits program for rehabilitation therapy services at their skilled nursing facilities that were medically unnecessary (United States, ex rel. Kraus v. Guardian Elder Care Holdings Inc., et al., No. 15-cv-6850, E.D. Pa.)....