Georgia Therapy Firm Owes Feds $10 Million for Medicaid Fraud

Middle Georgia Family Rehab LLC and the occupational therapy company’s owner must pay the US government nearly $10 million for improperly billing federal healthcare programs, a federal district court said.

This constitutes the proper amount of treble damages and penalties under the False Claims Act for the defendants’ nearly 800 false claims, Judge Tilman E. Self of the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia ruled Thursday.

The court also said this judgment is final, allowing the defendants to appeal to the US Court of Appeals to the Eleventh Circuit immediately.

Other pending claims in the suit will ...