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On October 10, 2014, Extendicare Health Services Inc. (Extendicare) and its subsidiary Progressive Step Corporation (ProStep) have agreed to pay $38 million to resolve allegations that it provided substandard nursing home care and billed Medicare for medically unreasonable and unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services. The settlement was announced by the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). The allegations were lodged in a civil lawsuit by the federal government and eight states (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin). The civil complaint characterized Extendicare’s services as a . . .

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Weekly News Wire | November 2, 2014

DOJ Announces Extendicare To Pay $38 Million In Failure-Of-Care Settlement

On October 10, 2014, Extendicare Health Services Inc. (Extendicare) and its subsidiary Progressive Step Corporation (ProStep) have agreed to pay $38 million to resolve allegations that it provided substandard nursing home care and billed Medicare for medically unreasonable and unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services. The settlement was announced by the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). The allegations were lodged in a civil lawsuit by the federal government and eight states (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin). The civil complaint characterized Extendicare’s services as a . . .

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