Services Provider To Pay $4M To Resolve 3 Fraudulent Billing Suits

(April 15, 2020, 8:02 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — A company that provides rehabilitation services to more than 600 health care facilities in more than 30 states on March 31 entered into agreements in federal court in Michigan that require it to pay a total of $4 million to resolve allegations in three whistleblower suits brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) that accuse it of engaging in conduct that resulted in the submission of fraudulent bills submitted to Medicare by three skilled nursing facilities in Michigan (United States ex rel. Linda Anderson v. Encore Rehabilitation Services LLC, No. 14-cv-13759, E.D. Mich.,United States ex rel. Reza Saffarian, et al. v. Encore Rehabilitation Services LLC, et al., No. 16-cv-605, W.D. Mich., United States, et al., ex rel. Adam LaFerriere v. Encore Rehabilitation Services LLC, et al., No. 17-cv-95, W.D. Mich.)....