Nationwide home healthcare and hospice provider to pay $3.85M to resolve False Claims Act allegations

Nationwide home healthcare and hospice provider to pay $3.85M to resolve False Claims Act allegations 
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs; Press Release; 8/20/24 
Intrepid U.S.A. Inc., headquartered in Dallas, and various wholly-owned subsidiaries (Intrepid) have agreed to pay $3,850,000 to resolve allegations that Intrepid violated the False Claims Act in connection with two lines of its business: first, that Intrepid knowingly submitted claims to Medicare for home healthcare services for patients who did not qualify for the Medicare home healthcare benefit or where services otherwise did not qualify for Medicare reimbursement; and second, that Intrepid knowingly submitted claims to Medicare for patients who did not qualify for the hospice benefit. The settlement is based on Intrepid’s ability to pay.