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A civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against 11 New York-based skilled nursing facilities alleges that they fraudulently inflated Medicare reimbursements by prolonging patient stays without regard to patients’ medical needs. The suit also alleges these facilities billed for excessive rehabilitation therapy …

A Miami home health company has agreed to pay $17 million for allegedly paying doctors to refer Medicare patients. Department of Justice officials said the settlement with Hebrew Homes Health Network Inc. is the largest involving alleged violations of the …