Home care company settles kickback case for $400,000
MELBOURNE: A home care entity has admitted to accepting bribes to win an increased market share.
Illinois-based Addus HomeCare Corp has agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it paid kickbacks for referrals of Medicare and Medicaid patients for its skilled nursing services, according to a court filing on Monday.
The deal resolves a lawsuit in Chicago federal court by a limited liability company operated by John Mininno, a New Jersey lawyer behind several other False Claims Act whistleblower cases – including ones the U.S. Justice Department has fought to have dismissed over his objections.
