Saad Healthcare agrees to pay $3M to settle False Claims Act allegations that it billed Medicare for ineligible hospice patients

Saad Healthcare agrees to pay $3M to settle False Claims Act allegations that it billed Medicare for ineligible hospice patients
U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Public Affairs; Press Release; 2/21/25
Saad Enterprises Inc., doing business as Saad Healthcare, has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims for the care of hospice patients in Alabama who were ineligible for the Medicare hospice benefit because they were not terminally ill. ... The settlement resolves allegations that between 2013 and 2020 Saad submitted, or caused the submission of, false claims to Medicare for 21 patients who did not meet the eligibility requirements for the Medicare hospice benefit as defined by statute and regulation, despite Saad knowing the patients were ineligible for the Medicare hospice benefit.