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Attorney General reports $28 million settlement with Extendicare Daniel Kemp, Deputy Communications Director Attorney General Jack Conway's Communnications Office Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that Kentucky has joined with seven other states and the federal government in reaching a $28 million settlement with Extendicare Health Services, Inc. and its subsidiary Progressive Step Corporation (ProStep). Extendicare is a Delaware corporation that, through its subsidiaries, operates 146 skilled nursing facilities in 11 states. ProStep provides physical, speech and occupational rehabilitation services. This agreement settles allegations that between 2007 and 2013, in 33 of its skilled nursing homes in eight states, Extendicare billed Medicare and Medicaid for substandard skilled nursing services. The agreement also settles allegations that Extendicare failed to provide care to its residents that met federal and state standards of care and regulatory requirements. The states and the federal government alleged, for example, that Extendicare failed to have a sufficient number of skilled nurses to adequately care for its skilled nursing residents, failed to provide adequate catheter care to some of the residents, and failed to follow the appropriate protocols to prevent pressure ulcers or falls. In addition to Kentucky, the states involved in this settlement include Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin. "We will not tolerate nursing home operators who put profits ahead of patient care," Attorney General Conway said. "Our seniors rely on the Medicare and Medicaid programs to provide them with quality care, and operators who bill our vital state and federal programs for services so deficient that they are effectively worthless will be pursued for false claims. This settlement illustrates the state and federal government's emphasis on jointly combating health care fraud, and I appreciate the hard work of my Medicaid Fraud Unit and all of the agencies involved in the investigation of this case." As a result of today's settlement, Extendicare will pay the states and the federal government a total of $28 million in civil damages to compensate Medicaid, Medicare and various federal health care programs for harm suffered as a result of its conduct. The Medicaid program will receive approximately $14.6 million shared among the eight states, and the Medicare program will receive $13.4 million. Kentucky's share of the settlement is $1,246,978, of which the federal government will receive $905,587. Extendicare and ProStep are also required to enter into a five-year chain-wide Corporate Integrity Agreement with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Under the Corporate Integrity Agreement:
A National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units team participated in the investigation and conducted the settlement negotiations with Extendicare on behalf of the settling states. In addition to two personnel from Attorney General Conway's office, team members included representatives from the Offices of the Attorneys General for the states of Indiana, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. This story was posted on 2014-10-10 12:20:44
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