Industry Resources | May 19, 2016
U.S. ex rel. Ribik v. ManorCare Inc. et al.
In this lawsuit filed April 2015, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) joined several whistleblower lawsuits, the first in 2009, against HRC Manor Care (HCRMC) a large nursing home chain. The consolidated complaint, U.S. ex rel. Ribik v. ManorCare Inc. et al., alleges that HCRMC required all of its nursing home centers to provide medically unnecessary rehabilitation services in order to bill federal health care programs (Medicare and Tricare) for the highest possible reimbursement rates. No ruling has been issued yet . . .