NY Attorney General Reaches Home Health Aide Wage Suit Deal (1)

The New York Attorney General’s Office announced a $55 million settlement with Americare, Inc., a New York City home care services agency, for underpaying thousands of home health aides and defrauding the Medicaid program.

The investigation found that Americare failed to provide home health aides the compensation they were owed under the state’s Wage Parity Act while continuing to unlawfully seek Medicaid reimbursement. Under the agreement, Americare will pay nearly $45 million in unpaid wages to over 10,000 home health aides who worked for the company between 2014 and 2020, and an additional $10 million to New York’s Medicaid program ...