Date Filed:
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Settlement Amount:
$25,000,000
A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Odyssey HealthCare, a subsidiary of Gentiva, who is accused of submitting false claims to the Medicare program for services that were unnecessary or not performed as Medicare requires.
The whistleblower's share of the government's recovery has not been disclosed.
The settlement resolves claims made from a few different whistleblower caes, the first of which was filed in 2008. The United States alleged that Odyssey, between January 2006 and January 2009, submitted false claims to the Medicare program for continuous home care services that were unnecessary or that were not performed in accordance with Medicare requirements.
