AG's Office Secures Millions From 3 WNY Nursing Homes for Fake Medicaid Claims
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Upstate NY nursing homes caught in massive fraud: They’ll repay millions
Three Buffalo-area nursing homes will repay $9 million after admitting to a years-long scheme that used fraudulent billing to boost their Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced.Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns and Williamsville Suburban Nursing Home submitted false data from July 2016 through December 2020 that artificially inflated their reimbursement rates…
3 nursing homes to pay $9 million for submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three nursing homes under the Safire homes banner will pay a total of $9 million for submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims for a period of more than four years, the state Attorney General office said Monday. Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns in Tonawanda, Safire Rehabilitation of Southtowns in south Buffalo and Williamsville Suburban [...]
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On August 17, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced that three nursing homes in the Buffalo area of upstate New York had agreed to pay a total of $9 million in fines for allegedly submitting false claims to the government's Medicaid program (commonly known as White Card) for many years to increase reimbursement amounts. Of this, $6 million will be used to repay Medicaid debts, and another $3 million will be paid to the federal …
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