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Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog
December 1, 2015

Anti-Kickback Update - HHS-OIG Settles Ambulance Swapping Case $3 Million Settlement from Nursing Home in Ambulance Swapping Case

Demonstrating the government’s commitment to combat health care fraud and keeping providers accountable, the U.S. Attorney’s office of Southern District announced that Regent Management Services L.P., a long term provider, agreed to pay approximately $3.199 Million to settle allegations that it received kickbacks from ambulance companies for referrals of Regent’s Medicare and Medicaid patients needing transport in exchange for free or reduced transport costs for its other patients from those ambulance companies.