Two companies, Life Care Services (LCS) and ParkVista, have agreed to pay $3.75 million in connection with rehabilitation services provided in their skilled nursing facilities.  According to the government, both companies hired RehabCare to provide rehabilitation therapy services to their patients.  RehabTherapy allegedly provided unreasonable and unnecessary therapy, which increased the reimbursement LCS and ParkVista received.  Additionally, to maximize reimbursement to LCS and ParkVista, RehabCare allegedly enrolled patients in the maximum level of therapy (also the costliest) and ensured that its staff provided only the minimum duration of therapy necessary to meet billing requirements, regardless of patients’ individual needs.

Read the DOJ press release, “Two Companies to Pay $3.75 Million for Allegedly Causing Submission of Claims for Unreasonable or Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy at Skilled Nursing Facilities”