Under the Medicare program, a physician must sign plan of care forms for initial home care and must re-certify the plan at least every 60 days. In Aug. 2008, Omni submitted a disclosure to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General stating that the required physician signatures were not obtained for certain services provided at its Evansville, Ind., facility. The settlement announced today resulted from the company’s disclosure, according to the release.
The case was handled by the Justice Department’s Civil Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana and the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Read the DOJ release on the Omni Home Care false claims settlement.
