Kindred and related entities agree to pay $19.428M to settle federal and state false claims act lawsuits alleging ineligible claims for hospice patients

Kindred and related entities agree to pay $19.428M to settle federal and state false claims act lawsuits alleging ineligible claims for hospice patients 
U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Public Affairs; Press Release; 7/17/24 
Gentiva, successor to Kindred at Home, has agreed to pay $19.428 million to resolve allegations that Kindred at Home and related entities (Kindred) knowingly submitted false claims and knowingly retained overpayments for hospice services provided to patients who were ineligible to receive hospice benefits under various federal health care programs. Gentiva’s hospice operations, headquartered in Atlanta, include entities that previously operated Kindred at Home hospice locations under the names Avalon, Kindred, SouthernCare and SouthernCare New Beacon. [Click on the title's link to continue reading.]
Editor's Note: From Hospice News, by Jim Parker, 11/1/23, "Gentiva is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR). The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. CDR last year purchased a 60% stake from the insurance mammoth Humana, Inc., (NYSE: HUM) for $2.8 billion."